Heavy Rain fell over portions of Richland county and produced flash flooding in downtown Columbia.
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Heavy Rain fell over portions of Richland county and produced flash flooding in downtown Columbia.
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 9, 2:43 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 343 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT AND STALL JUST ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH HURRICANE IKE PUSHING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARD THE REGION TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THIS EVENING...TURNING TO MORE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS INSTABILITY REMAINS MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN MIDLANDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OUT JUST NORTH OF THE AREA KEEPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HELPING DRIVE THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE THE CONTINUED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE SPREADING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST SCENARIO FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LIKELY AND HIGH CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND WHEN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BECOME APPARENT. THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STALLED NORTH OF THE REGION WITH HURRICANE IKE CONTINUING THE GULF MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. BEYOND SATURDAY THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER QUICKLY ON HOW FAST TO MOVE IKE NORTHWARD. AS A RESULT HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE LONG TERM DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE. SHOWERS SHOULD BUILD UP WITH BRIEF IFR-MVFR CONDITIONS. ACTIVITY MAY LAST OVERNIGHT UNTIL ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE STABLE...THEN MAINLY SHOWERS. IFR CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH BOTH LOW VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS. WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR DURING THE LATE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASINGLY MOIST ONSHORE FLOW AND DIURNAL COOLING. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...07
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), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Police reported flooding in downtown Columbia near USC and in the Five Points area closing several roads. Water was 1 to 3 feet deep.
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