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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

March 7, 1996Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 1996, 9:18 AM EST for Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1996, 9:18 AM EST (14:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1996, 3:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1996-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1996-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 071420
FFWCAE
GAC073-245-072000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
918 AM EST THU MAR 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CONTINUED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY AND RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA.
 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AUGUSTA/MARTINEZ/EVANS AREAS THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. FLOODING ALONG ROCKY AND RAES CREEKS IN RICHMOND COUNTY
WILL CONTINUE AND ALSO IN THE HYDE PART AND VIRGINIA SUBDIVISIONS.
 
FLOODING IN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE ALONG REED CREEK AND OTHER
SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE FOREST CREEK AND WEST
LAKE SUBDIVISIONS. OTHER SUBDIVISIONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.
 
MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS ALSO HAVE WATER OVER THEM.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDG>ES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
SJN
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:50 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
750 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
3 AM       TARA COURT                GA   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/96   RICHMOND                       POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED
                                          DAMAGE TO 8-10 HOMES IN
                                          TARA COURT NEAR THE GOSHEN
                                          AREA IN RICHMOND CO, GA

TTH
Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:51 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
750 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
3 AM       TARA COURT                GA   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/96   RICHMOND                       POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED
                                          DAMAGE TO 8-10 HOMES IN
                                          TARA COURT NEAR THE GOSHEN
      &                                    AREA IN RICHMOND CO, GA

TTH
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:26 AM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
826 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
820 AM     COLUMBIA COUNTY           GA   FLASH FLOOD
03/07/96   COLUMBIA                       REED CREEK HAS GONE OVER
                                          ITS BANKS AND CAUSED
                                          FLOODING IN THE WEST LAKE
                                          AND FOREST CREEK
                                          SUBDIVISIONS. SEVERAL
                                          ROADS ARE FLOODED.

SJN
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:28 AM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
828 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
825 AM     RICHMOND COUNTY           GA   FLASH FLOOD
03/07/96   RICHMOND                       FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG
                                          RAES CREEK.

SJN
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:33 AM EST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
833 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
515 AM     3SSW AUGUSTA              GA   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/96   RICHMOND                       EMA DIRECTOR REPORTS
                                          DOWNBURST DAMAGED SEVERAL
                                          HOMES IN THE GOESHEN
                                          PLANTATION AREA. SEVERAL
                                          TREES WERE DOWN ON HOMES
                                          AND CARS.

SJN
Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:01 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
901 AM EST THU MAR 07 1996

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
855 AM     BISHOPVILLE               SC   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/96   LEE                            PHONE AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          - POLICE

NWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 7:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCAERichmond2 hr
Mar 7, 7:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCAEColumbia2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.