Heavy rain over Evans caused localized flooding in low lying areas.
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Heavy rain over Evans caused localized flooding in low lying areas.
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 May 31, 12:16 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 116 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY. DRY WEATHER SHOULD RETURN TO THE AREA FOR THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPPER RIDGE AXIS CURRENTLY STRETCHING ACROSS THE REGION NW TO THE MID WEST/GREAT LAKES REGION. SURFACE FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TO SW PART OF THE FA...STRETCHING ROUGHLY FROM MCCORMICK TO MANNING. UPPER AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE THE NE US COAST WILL ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO SLIP SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND SLOWLY FORCE THE FRONT TO BACK DOOR THROUGH THE W/SW FA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. LOW CLOUDINESS CURRENTLY BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTH FA WILL LIMIT HEATING AND INSTABILITY TODAY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...OVER THE CSRA AND S MIDLANDS...DUE TO FRONTAL CONVERGENCE AND BETTER INSTABILITIES DUE TO LESS CLOUDS AND BETTER HEATING. LITTLE WIND/SHEAR ALONG WITH RELATIVELY WARM TEMPS ALOFT DUE TO UPPER RIDGE...500MB TEMPS AROUND -9...WILL LIMIT SEVERE THREAT WITH ONLY WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITIES PROJECTED...THOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE ALWAYS POSSIBLE. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CSRA AND S MIDLANDS DUE TO FAIRLY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...UP TO 1.8 INCHES ACROSS THE W/SW FA...AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT. DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE IN CONTROL THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...DRIER AIRMASS MOVE INTO THE AREA. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE A MAINLY DRY FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN OUT IN RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF TROFS SWEEPING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN US STARTING MID WEEK. RIBBON OF GULF MOISTURE ON WEST SIDE OF HIGH JUST OFF SE COAST WILL AID IN CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE...AND IN THE UPSTATE DUE TO INTERACTION WITH THE TERRAIN. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PROBABLY LIMITED DUE TO WEAK FORCING THOUGH. OTHERWISE FORECAST AREA STAYS IN LIGHT UPPER FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS MAIN TROF ENERGY STAYS WELL NORTH. SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EXPECTED. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /17Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BACK DOOR FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL TO SW FA...SOUTH OF CAE/CUB AND NORTH OF AGS/DNL...AND VERY CLOSE TO OGB. NORTH OF THE FRONT...WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDINESS IN PLACE WITH IFR TO MVFR CIGS. WILL EXPECT THIS TO AFFECT CAE/CUB IN THE NEAR TERM...WITH SOME GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND DIURNAL RISE IN CIG HGTS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO OGB EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SLIP SOUTH OF THERE. MAIN THREAT FOR AVIATION IS THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BACK DOOR FRONT...EXPECTED TO PRIMARILY AFFECT AGS/DNL...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT...PRECLUDING STRATUS/VSBY RESTRICTIONS LATE TONIGHT. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 408 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-010815- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 408 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR FLOOD EVENT WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
NBC 26 in Augusta and the Columbia County Sheriff reported up to a foot of wath on the roadway at William Few Parkway at Windmill Plantation/Hwy 104 Washington Road in Evans.
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