CHARLESTON — Record-breaking amounts of rainfall from a stalled cold front coincided with high tides and already-saturated soil to produce flash flooding that closed dozens of roads and damaged numerous vehicles and structures this weekend.

The widespread showers and thunderstorms that hovered over the Lowcountry on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23 handily surpassed previous rainfall records that were set decades ago, according to an Aug. 24 update from the National Weather Service (NWS).

Throughout the two-day storm, much of the Charleston area was engulfed by an “impressive” 8 to 12 inches of rainfall, said Steven Taylor, a lead meteorologist with the Charleston National Weather Service.

In particular, a gauge at the Charleston International Airport recorded 4.16 inches of rainfall on Friday.

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