Heavy rains produced flash flooding in Columbia closing several intersections. Water at Main and Whaley rose to 7 feet.
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Heavy rains produced flash flooding in Columbia closing several intersections. Water at Main and Whaley rose to 7 feet.
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 30, 9:55 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1055 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS...COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY MORNING/... WEAK UPPER LOW OVER NORTHWEST GA SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH. SHORT WAVE ENERGY COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND DEEP MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MIDLANDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS MOVE NORTH OF THE MIDLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA. WILL HOLD ON TO CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT GIVEN WEAK INSTABILITY AND DEEP MOISTURE. GIVEN CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ONLY A FEW MORE DEGREES FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... ON MONDAY UPPER RIDGE TO THE SE BUILDS WEST TOWARDS THE COAST AS UPPER ENERGY LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTH. WEAK UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW SHIFTS WEST TOWARDS THE LOWER/MID MS VALLEY/W GULF. REMNANT CIRCULATION FROM FORMER TROPICAL CYCLONE ERIKA EXPECTED TO DRIFT INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA THERE APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE GIVEN CONTINUED LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY MOISTURE TRANSPORT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL...IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MODELS INDICATE WEAK UPPER TROUGH TO REMAIN TO THE WEST WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTERED TO THE E/SE CONTINUING TO SLOWLY BUILD WESTWARD TOWARDS THE COAST. COMBINATION OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND UPPER RIDGE WILL HELP TO PULL MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. EXPECT A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES BY THE WEEKEND. TEMPS GENERALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WV LOOP SHOWS S/W MOVING WEST OF THE REGION TONIGHT ALONG WITH RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SE COAST. THIS IS HELPING TO PRODUCE A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION TONIGHT THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SATELLITE/OBS SHOW PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION WITH MAINLY A COMBINATION OF IFR/MFR CONDITIONS. 88D SHOWS RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS INTO THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS. THIS BAND LOOKS TO BE SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF RAIN AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 1 AM TO 2 AM...THEN EXPECT CEILINGS/VSBYS TO LOWER THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN MAINLY EARLY MORNING FOG AND STRATUS PLUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 426 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-310830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 426 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
553 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015
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0516 PM TSTM WND DMG 14 NW EVANS 33.63N 82.34W
08/30/2015 COLUMBIA GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES IN ROADWAY
ON RAY OWENS ROAD.
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LCVThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
USGS cameras showed water covering the intersection of Main and Whaley below the USC soccer stadium. The USGS gage reached 7.87 feet at that site. Flood stage is 7.2 feet.
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