Locally heavy rains produced around 2 inches of rain over portions of Burke county causing minor flooding in low lying areas and across a few rural roads.
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Locally heavy rains produced around 2 inches of rain over portions of Burke county causing minor flooding in low lying areas and across a few rural roads.
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 Apr 18, 1:20 PM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 220 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2014 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND BE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER OUT TO SEA SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... RADAR SHOWING LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE CSRA THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE MODELS SHOW MOISTURE FLUX AND ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIER AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AT THE MOMENT BUT HIGH RESOLUTION SHORT RANGE MODELS SUGGEST RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. USED THE HRRR AND SPC WRF FOR THE DETAILS. TEMPERATURES NEAR STEADY FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S. GUSTY WINDS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CSRA AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT INDICATING THE GREATEST ISENTROPIC LIFT AND BULK OF THE RAIN WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. HIGH MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COASTAL LOW...ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY AS GFS SUGGEST POSSIBLE DRY SLOT BY AFTERNOON. RAISED THE POPS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST AND USED AN AVERAGE MOS POP FOR SATURDAY. RAIN BECOMING MORE SCATTERED SATURDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE FLUX SHIFTS TO THE EAST. CLOUDINESS AND NORTHEAST FLOW SUPPORTS THE COLDER HIGH TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE. USED THE GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST. THE GFS WAS FARTHER NORTH WITH THE POSITION OF THE H5 COLD POOL AND SHOWS TEMPERATURES LOWERING TO NEAR -18 NEAR THE CORE. BUT LATEST TRENDS SUGGESTS UPPER LOW WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH GEORGIA. THIS WILL REDUCE LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND THUNDERSTORMS PROBABILITY AT THIS TIME REMAINS LOW. SO ALTHOUGH ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY CSRA WILL LEAVE OUT OF FORECAST FOR NOW. MODEL AVERAGE QPF IS QUITE HIGH...ESPECIALLY IN THE CSRA. CURRENT THINKING 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND 1 TO 2 INCHES TO THE NORTHWEST. FLOODING MAY OCCUR AT SOME OF THE RIVER FORECAST POINTS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE GFS HAS COME IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW IN THE GULF WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN FL/SE GA AND WILL BE OFF THE SC COAST BY SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND THROUGH THE STATE ON TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. TEMPS TO BE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S TO AORUND 80 AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST WILL CUT OFF ALONG THE GULF COAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL DRIFT TO THE NE TOWARDS N FL. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAIN GRADUALLY SPREADING NE TOWARDS OUR FA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH RESULTANT LOWERING OF CIGS/VSBYS. CEILINGS MAINLY VFR AT THE MOMENT BUT LOWER CEILINGS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. MODERATELY HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR IFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING BY AROUND 03Z WITH SUPPORT FROM LAMP AND HRRR. IFR CEILINGS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AFTER 06Z TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH. .EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN AND/OR IFR CIGS MAY LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 239 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-190645- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 239 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS. FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FLOODING MAY OCCUR AT SOME OF THE RIVER FORECAST POINTS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported minor flooding of low lying areas just northeast of Midville around Hwy 56.
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