Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

000 
WGUS72 KCAE 271948
FFSCAE
SCC025-057-272145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
248 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER AND 
CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM...

AT 230 PM...NEW REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM THE 
REGION. THESE INCLUDED FLOODING ON CIMMERON AND CATOE ROADS...IN 
ADDITION TO THE EARLIER REPORT OF FLOODING ON GILLS CREEK OVER A 
BRIDGE ON LANGLEY ROAD. THESE ARE IN THE EASTERN PART OF LANCASTER 
COUNTY...FROM EAST OF LANCASTER TO NEAR THE PRIMUS AND TAXAHAW 
VICINITIES. 

AT 240 PM...LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY REPORTED 
CONTINUED FLOODING ON US HIGHWAY 601 IN PAGELAND...AND NEW FLOODING 
ON ROAD 207 NORTHWEST OF PAGELAND. HOWEVER...NO ROADS WERE CLOSED IN 
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. 

AT 245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED TO THE NORTH...AND STRETCHED 
ACROSS NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY EAST TO JUST NORTH OF CHESTERFIELD 
COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE 
FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THIS REGION THROUGH 500 PM.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...AND DO 
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A WATER COVERED ROADWAY. 

PLEASE RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICE.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1204 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003

TEMPS HAVE INDEED CLIMBED SLIGHTLY IN NORTHERN FORECAST AREA...WITH
BAND OF RAIN. APPEARS ONLY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZLE SOUTH...WHERE
TEMPS HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STEADY. WILL ISSUE QUICK UPDATE TO LOWER
THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH TEMP A LITTLE.

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
932 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST CURRENT TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FREEZING
MARK ACROSS NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. A CALL TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
REVEALED NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT ICING IN PROGRESS. RADAR
INDICATING A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST INTO THAT
VICINITY. WILL EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE A DEGREE OR TWO WITH
RESULTANT SENSIBLE HEAT TRANSFER. ANDERSON TEMP RAISED TWO DEGREES
WITH THIS PRECIPITATION. THEREFORE...WILL NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT
ENOUGH ICING THIS MORNING TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. A LOOK AT REGIONAL
RADAR COMPOSITE LOOP AND LATEST MODELS INDICATE AREAS OF RAIN MAY
TAPER OFF TO PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...WITH CLOUDS/WEDGE HANGING
IN...MAX TEMPS MAY NOT REACH FORECAST VALUES...MAY ADJUST DOWNWARD.

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
300 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003

SURFACE LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA MOVING ENE APPEARS
TO BE TAKING MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK PORTRAYED BY GFS. SURGE OF RAIN
OVER THE AREA EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AROUND DAYBREAK AS WEAK SHORTAVE
MOVES THROUGH BUT PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN
LINGERING THROUGH THE DAY. WETBULB TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO
FREEZING AT CHARLOTTE. RUC AND ETA INDICATE THEY WILL GET INTO
NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY THROUGH MID MORNING. WILL INTRODUCE
MENTION OF CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LANCASTER COUNTY THIS MORNING.
NOT PLANNING TO ISSUE WINTER ADVISORY AS DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO
BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. WHAT LITTLE ICING OCCURS SHOULD BE ON
ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO RISE TODAY AS COLD AIR
DAMMING IN PLACE AND WEAK SURFACE LOW TO TRACK SOUTH OF THE AREA.
SURFACE WINDS BECOME LIGHT NORTHWEST TONIGHT AS DRYING DOWNSLOPE
FLOW SHUTS OFF CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY
SHAPING UP TO BE A MUCH BETTER DAY WITH SUNSHINE RETURNING AND
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS EAST.

ZONAL PATTERN AND WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW MAKE THE WEEKEND A
LITTLE UNCERTAIN. GFS FOLLOWS PREVIOUS TREND SHOWING INCREASE IN
MOISTURE LATE SUNDAY BUT NOW MUCH QUICKER MOVING THROUGH SO MONDAY
LOOKS DRY. ETA SHOWING MORE MOISTURE WITH SHORTWAVES SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. FOR NOW HAVE KEPT SATURDAY DRY WITH A MENTION OF CHANCE OF
RAIN LATE SUNDAY.

FCSTID =   30
CAE   45  39  62  39 / 100  10  10  10
AGS   46  38  63  39 / 100  10  10  10
SSC   45  39  62  39 / 100  10  10  10
OGB   47  40  63  40 / 100  10  10  10

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RCC

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-271200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
504 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.