1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 245 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT-WED NIGHT: TS ALEX STILL DRIFTING NE OFF THE COAST. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TS ARE MOVING WEST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA AS DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION WILL WANE BY MIDNIGHT. WV IMAGERY INDICATES A DIGGING TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WITH PLENTY OF DRY AIR INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MODELS WERE NOT AS STRONG WITH THIS FEATURE YESTERDAY. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND WED AND WILL GIVE US DRY WEATHER BOTH DAYS. RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INDICATED ON THE CROSS SECTIONS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUE EVENING. WED IS SHAPING UP TO POSSIBLY BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER WITH TEMPS REACHING THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100. DRY AIR ALOFT AND DOWNSLOPING WILL HEAT THINGS UP AROUND HERE. RH VALUES ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...SO HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 105 ON WED. .LONG TERM... THURS-MON: GFS IS SHOWING THAT A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT GIVING US A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND THINK THE GFS IS OVERDONE WITH QPF. FRI THROUGH SUNDAY LOOKS DRY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND GRADUALLY COOLING TEMPS AS LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE AREA. COOLEST DAY WILL BE ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. && .AVIATION... TROPICAL STORM ALEX OFF THE SC COAST TODAY IS EXPECTED TO HEAD NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THE CIRCULATION WILL PRODUCE A NORTHERLY WIND AROUND 10 KTS TODAY BECOMING LIGHTER TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS AT AROUND 3K FT TODAY AND TONIGHT RISING TO SCATTERED 5K FT ON TUESDAY. VISIBILITY GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED EXCEPT BRIEFLY MVFR IN SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 72 92 72 98 / 30 20 10 10 AUGUSTA 70 94 70 99 / 30 20 10 10 SUMTER 72 92 73 98 / 30 20 10 10 ORANGEBURG 73 93 73 99 / 30 20 10 10 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 04/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 418 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-030818- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 418 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO NEAR 105 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RCC
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported flash flooding on several rural roads closing them to through traffic.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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