Heavy Rains over Columbia County produced 2 to 6 inches of rain causing flooding of low lying areas and a few neighborhoods.
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Heavy Rains over Columbia County produced 2 to 6 inches of rain causing flooding of low lying areas and a few neighborhoods.
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 Jun 30, 12:28 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 128 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THROUGH MONDAY AND PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...A SHORT WAVE IN MS WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ALLOWING FOR HEATING INTO THE UPPER 80S. SHOWERS/STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MAIN CONCERN FOR SEVERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. WITH PWAT VALUES ALSO REMAINING AOA 1.9 INCHES THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SYNOPTIC SITUATION WILL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN US. WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ALSO REMAINING OVER THE AREA THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN HIGH. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN LOW...WITH PWAT VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL...HOWEVER CONTINUED RAINFALL AND TRAINING CELLS COULD LEAD TO HYDRO RELATED ISSUES ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS MONDAY WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN AS HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVELS WILL PERSIST. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN US THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THEN BEGIN TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD. THIS WILL KEEP THE FORECAST AREA UNDER MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. HAVE MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LONG TERM WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LONG TERM. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE DIURNAL IN NATURE EXPECT SOME CONVECTION TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT BELOW NORMAL WITH UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS AFTERNOON AS AIR MASS BECOMES MODERATELY UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. POSSIBLE LOW CLOUDS/SHOWERS TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN IFR CONDITIONS...BUT CONFIDENCE LOW AT THIS TIME...SO MVFR AFTER 00Z WITH SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE EACH DAY IN MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS. && .CLIMATE... THROUGH SAT JUNE 29TH...AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 10.52 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THIS HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED JUNE 2013 AS THE 2ND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA IS 10.59 INCHES SET IN 2004...SO TO ESTABLISH JUNE 2013 AS THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA...AGS NEEDS TO RECEIVE 0.08 MORE INCHES OF RAIN THIS MONTH. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT KEEP RECORDS FOR DANIEL FIELD...IT HAS RECEIVED 13.47 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR FOR JUNE. QUITE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE FROM LAST JUNE AS AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD ONLY RECEIVED 2.48 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 510 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-010915- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 510 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Manager reported heavy rains during the afternoon resulted in flooding in the Evans area where 2 to 6 inches of rain fell. One to three feet of water flooded the Mitchell Park area and the Windmill Subdivision.
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