Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

Feb 27, 2003, 5:14 PM EST (22:14 UTC)

Expired

Feb 27, 2003, 8:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lancaster County, SC

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS52 KCAE 272212
FFWCAE
SCC057-280100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
514 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...
    LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST.

* AT 445 PM...COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING     
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT CATOE AND  
  CIMMERON ROADS...ALONG PAGELAND HIGHWAY (HWY. 9) JUST BELOW 
  BUFORDS CROSSROADS...ALONG WEST SHILOH UNITY ROAD...HWY SOUTH 
  200 WHERE RUM CREEK WAS NEARLY OVER THE ROADWAY...CREEK OVER 
  DOSTER ROAD...GRAIN-BIN ROAD WASHED OUT AND BARRICADED...WILEY 
  PARK ROAD AND HANNAHS CREEK FLOODING THE EAST PARK TRAILER PARK.   

ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 
RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE 
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF NECESSARY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3497 8088 3447 8084 3457 8039 3479 8056

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LCV/RJL

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 27, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

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

SHORT TERM...WEDGE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH OVER
RUNNING RAIN EVENT SCHEDULED TO END THIS EVENING.  HEAVIER RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW RAIN BAND ORIENTED WEST TO EAST AND TRAINING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF LANCASTER AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES.  A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
REPORTS OF CREEKS OVER FLOWING THEIR BANKS AND WATER OVER SOME BRIDGES
IN THE AREA.  AREA RADARS SHOW BACK EDGE OF MAIN AREA OF PRECIP EAST
OF A LAURENS, WINNSBORO, MANNING, GEORGETOWN LINE.  STILL SOME
LINGERING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN WEST.  PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF BY
EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.  WEAK RIDGING TO MOVE IN ON
FRIDAY, WITH WEDGE GRADUALLY BREAKING DOWN.  FEEL THE MODELS ARE TOO
OPTIMISTIC WITH QUICK BREAKDOWN OF WEDGE ON FRIDAY.  WILL GO ABOUT
10 DEGREES COOLER FOR HIGHS FRIDAY AND ALSO HOLD ON TO CLOUDS A
LITTLE LONGER THAN MODELS.  ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES UP THE
COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE MIDLANDS ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE
OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP.  SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN NW COUNTIES, CHANCE
ELSEWHERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  TEMPS SEASONAL.

LONGER TERM...SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND BASE OF A CANADIAN UPPER LOW
WILL BRUSH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA LATE SUNDAY INTO
EARLY MONDAY.  DYNAMICS STAY NORTH AND MOISTURE IS A BIT LIMITED SO
WILL INCREASE CLOUD COVER BUT LEAVE PRECIP OUT.  ZONAL FLOW MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPS.  MAYBE ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIP LATE IN THE EXTENDED AS MODELS
SHOW APPROACHING SHORTWAVE.

FCSTID =   37
CAE   35  55  40  60 /  20  10  10  30
AGS   35  57  40  60 /  20  10  10  30
SSC   35  55  40  60 /  20  10  10  30
OGB   37  59  41  62 /  20  10  10  40

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 500 PM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONE SCC025.
     FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 445 PM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONE SCC057.

GL

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.