Heavy rains over the Midlands and Pee Dee regions of South Carolina produced some flash flooding that closed several roads around the area and flooding low lying areas with 1 to 2 feet of water.
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Heavy rains over the Midlands and Pee Dee regions of South Carolina produced some flash flooding that closed several roads around the area and flooding low lying areas with 1 to 2 feet of water.
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 Aug 1, 5:23 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 623 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY NEAR THE FRONT. FRIDAY WILL BE DRY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION BY SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A TRAILING SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE REGION AROUND MIDDAY...THEN OFF TO THE EAST. WILL HAVE HIGHEST POPS 40-50 PERCENT EARLY...A FEW 60 PERCENT POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST. THEN...WILL LOWER POPS TO 30-40 PERCENT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO ABOUT 20 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT AS INDICATED BY WV IMAGERY MAY DECREASE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BUT COULD ALSO ALLOW STORMS THAT DEVELOP TO BE STRONGER. EXPECT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 80S. SPC HAS THE AREA IN A SEE TEXT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. WITH THE DRIER AIR ALOFT... DOWNDRAFT CAPES SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS BY LATE IN THE DAY. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER TROUGH OVER THE E CONUS. MOST OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT. UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW WITH NVA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DRYING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL. AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE WILL DRAG ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY. WITH MOISTURE FLUX TO THE REGION... THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL ON SATURDAY. DRIER AIR WILL DECREASE THE CLOUD COVER FROM TODAY WITH MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL HELP AFTERNOON HIGHS TO REACH THE LOWER 90S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS HAVE FAIRLY BROAD TROUGH COVERING EASTERN CONUS JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE PERIOD. WITH SHORT WAVE ENERGY EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. WILL BEGIN WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE WITH THE COLD FRONT FROM SATURDAY DROPPING INTO THE REGION. IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY BUT MAY NOT DISSIPATE ENTIRELY DURING THE PERIOD. SO...PLAN ON A 30-40 PERCENT CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. MORE CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY SHOULD HOLD THE HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 80S BUT AS FRONT WEAKENS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...HIGHS MAY CREEP BACK UP TO AROUND 90. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN IN THE LOWER 70S THE REST OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /10Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VARIABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA CURRENTLY...WITH CIGS RANGING FROM VFR TO MVFR AT THE TERMINALS...WITH IFR AT SOME OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS. CONFIDENCE LIMITED ON CIGS IN THE NEAR TERM...AND COULD FLUCTUATE. EXPECT DIURNAL IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS TO VFR BY LATE MORNING. UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING EXTENT OF CONVECTION. SOME ACTIVITY POSSIBLE EARLY AHEAD OF FIRST UPPER DISTURBANCE...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. FOR NOW...WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE NEAR TERM. RADAR INDICATES SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER CENT GA AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE CSRA...WITH SOME WEAKENING AND DECREASING COVERAGE NOTED. WILL MAINTAIN A NEAR TERM TEMPO GROUP FOR SHRA AT DNL/AGS...WITH LOW CONFIDENCE OF IT AFFECTING CAE/CUB/OGB THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT CONFIDENCE OF IT AFFECTING TERMINALS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE MENTION IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN AFTERNOON CONVECTION AS WELL AS LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG/STRATUS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 523 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-020930- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 523 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT IN THE REGION WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG AND APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS TODAY. FOR THE LATEST RIVER INFORMATION AND FORECASTS...GO TO WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/CAE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MINOR FLOODING ON SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS MAY CONTINUE FRIDAY. FOR THE LATEST RIVER INFORMATION AND FORECASTS...GO TO WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/CAE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:46 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported flash flooding on Springhill Road near Hwy 1, and also Walter Taylor and Cannon Place roads were also closed due to flooding.
Highway Patrol reported Wire road closed between Juniper Springs and Taylor Street in Gilbert. Other rural roads that were closed included Martin Smith, Sarah Ann, and Neely Wingard due to high water covering the roads.
Sheriff reported several roads closed between Hwys 265 and 109 due to flash flooding from heavy rains.
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