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 Sep 3, 12:40 PM EST, 8 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 140 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CSRA ALONG WEAK CONVERGENCE/HIGHER SURFACE THETA-E REGION. EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS/POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY...MAY SEE MORE STRATUS/FOG TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH LOW LEVELS REMAINING QUITE MOIST AND DRY AIR ALOFT. SOME DIFFERENCES NOTED IN THE MODELS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. BOTH MODELS SHOW WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT NAM APPEARS TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA OFFSHORE...RESULTING IN WEAKER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THAN GFS. UPPER LOW DIVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...NAM MUCH SLOWER...AND CUTS SYSTEM OFF IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WHILE GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE...WITH LOW IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND SURFACE COLD FRONT NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. NAM HAS MUCH LOWER QPF AND IS SLOWER WITH DRYING OUT WEDNESDAY. PREFER THE GFS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...MOISTURE IS INCREASING...AND STRONGER LOW OFF THE COAST EARLY IN THE PERIOD LOOKS SUSPECT BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. SO EXPECT PRECIP WATER TO INCREASE TO AROUND 2.00 INCHES BY TUESDAY. WITH WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH TUESDAY...POSSIBLY BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFIES TO THE WEST. PREFER COOLER MAV MOS MAXIMUM TEMPS DUE TO MOISTURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TOO COOL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... NEAR CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH TEMPS...BASED ON ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOKS LOW BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE SHIFTS TO THE COAST. ALTHOUGH 12Z GFS SUGGEST PRECIP THU INTO FRI AS SHORT WAVE MOVES OUT OF GULF TOWARD CAROLINAS...VORT MAX LOOKS SUSPECT. WILL FORECAST A DRY FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... CEILINGS ARE GRADUALLY RISING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE INDICATING THE POSSIBLITY OF LOWERING VSBYS/CIGS LATE TON/EARLY MON MORN. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 418 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2006 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040818- 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 SUN SEP 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Dept. reported flooding on secondary roads off of hwys 23, 56, and 80 northeast of Waynesboro. Flooding was also reported on secondary roads in the Keysville area.
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