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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC
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.
- 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
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 &
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
TTHLocal 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
TTHLocal 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.
SJNLocal 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.
SJNLocal 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.
SJNLocal 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
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richmond | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Columbia | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.