Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches over portions of northern McDuffie and northern Columbia counties.
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Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches over portions of northern McDuffie and northern Columbia counties.
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 Sep 10, 2:08 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 308 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONT AND ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH BY MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... FLAT UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN JUST TO OUR SOUTH...AS UPPER IMPULSES RIDE BY JUST TO OUR NORTH. LATEST MODELS SLOWER WITH THE BACK DOOR FRONT...WHICH APPEARS WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH FO OUR FORECAST AREA TODAY. CONVECTIVE CHECKLIST YIELDS WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL SLIP INTO OUR NORTHERN OR CENTRAL FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND STALL THROUGH THURSDAY. FRONTAL CONVERGENCE AND HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WARRANT CONTINUED LIKELY POPS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE SE US/DEEP SOUTH. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BACK NORTH OR BECOME DIFFUSE. GFS BRINGS ANOTHER FRONT INTO THE REGION MON/TUES TIME PERIOD. WILL MAINTAIN GOING FORECAST WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WEAK SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW RIPPLES OF ENERGY ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER FRONT AND HELP GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEXT 24 HOURS. AS FRONT SLIPS SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER EAST WINDS AT SURFACE WILL HELP CREATE WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT TO AID SHOWER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. 06Z-08Z START OF PERIOD...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER AREA. 08Z-12Z CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AT A MINIMUM AS SCATTERED CLOUDS OR CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FOG AND STRATUS TO DEVELOP. MVFR CONDITIONS EAST PART OF AREA CAE/CUB WITH CIGS NEAR 2 KFT AND VSBYS 4-5 MILES IN FOG. SOUTH AND WESTERN PARTS AGS/DNL/OGB IFR CONDITIONS WITH CIGS 0.6-1.0 KFT AND VSBYS 1-2 MILES IN FOG...VSBY 1/2 MILE IN FOG POSSIBLE AT AGS. 12Z-22Z WEDNESDAY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS AREA...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS BUT BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER 22 THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY MORNING...FRONT SLIPS SOUTH OF AREA. MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WITH CIGS NEAR 2 KFT AND VSBYS 4-5 MILES IN RAIN AND FOG. WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR DURING THE LATE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A MOIST ONSHORE FLOW AND DIURNAL COOLING. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 539 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-100945- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 539 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:10 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
DOT reported secondary dirt roads washed out from flash flooding that will have to be re-excavated.
DOT reported secondary dirt roads washed out from flash flooding that will have to be re-excavated.
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