1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 1:30 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 230 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER EASTERN PORTION OF NATION WITH SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND BASE OF TROUGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS IN OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL GO WITH 30-40 POP FOR TONIGHT AND ALTHOUGH MOST CONVECTION WILL OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT GIVEN SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...CONVECTION MAY OCCUR AT ALMOST ANY TIME. HIGH PWS INDICATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT MAY DEVELOP BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. POPS OF 30-40 PCT LOOK REASONABLE THROUGH SUNDAY. OVERALL PATTERN WILL SLOWLY DRY SOMEWHAT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER TROUGH RETROGRADES WESTWARD AND DEAMPLIFIES. IN THE MEANTIME...MAX TEMPS WILL STAY A BIT BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE EXTENDED...MAX TEMPS SHOULD NUDGE CLOSER TO NORMAL UNDER SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS. FCSTID = 22 CAE 71 88 71 88 / 30 40 30 40 AGS 70 88 70 88 / 30 40 30 40 SSC 71 88 71 88 / 30 40 30 40 OGB 72 88 71 88 / 30 40 30 40 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. BC
SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-GAZ040-063>065- 077-081200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 500 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING A FEW OF WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUED UNDER CAESPSCAE. MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE LOWER CONGAREE RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED UNDER CAEFLSCAE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE LOWER CONGAREE RIVER SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE REQUIRED. RCC
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported 2 residences flooded on Jennifer Court. Street flooding also occurred throughout the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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