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Sept 24-Oct 1stish SE Sig Rain event


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Figure this might help keep the other threads less cluttered and give us a place to find obs and make it easy to find search wise down the road should anyone be so inclined.

 

Winds here in the east picking up was just out at lunch and it was easily gusting into the upper 20's or even low 30's with steady winds in the mid teens I would guess.

 

 

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We had maybe .30" right around dawn but since then we have seen the sun pop out a few times, although the last hr or so the deck seems to have thickened and lowered quite a bit.

Wow. The lake behind the house has risen considerably due to the rain. Its been real low because of the drought. This is just what we have needed here for months.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
114 PM EDT THU SEP 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 110 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR
ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST
HOUR...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY AS HEAVY RAIN TRAINS OVER THE
AREA. THE FIVE POINTS AREA OF COLUMBIA IS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO
FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...WEST COLUMBIA...FOREST ACRES...ST. ANDREWS...
DENTSVILLE...WOODFIELDS...ARCADIA LAKES...FIVE POINTS...
WOODFIELD...FORT JACKSON AND SEVEN OAKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
[email protected] TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&

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Iffy for central NC???

AT THE SURFACE... LOW PRESSURE SPINNING JUST OFF THE SAVANNAH GA COAST IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE ITS WNW-WARD DRIFT INTO GA THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING FRI... ALTHOUGH ANOTHER LOW MAY DEVELOP FRI IN THIS SAME LOCATION ALONG A PERSISTENT COASTAL FRONT... THE PRESENCE OF WHICH IS LEADING TO SOME FORECAST UNCERTAINTY. WHILE CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH THAT WE'LL SEE A STRONG INFLUX OF ABOVE NORMAL PW VALUES AND DECENT UPPER DIVERGENCE TO SUPPORT RAIN GIVEN THE DEEP MOISTURE... IF THE COASTAL FRONT DOES NOT PUSH MUCH INLAND OR DISSIPATES AS IT DOES SO ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY NEW COASTAL FRONT DEVELOPMENT... THEN THIS MAY SERVE TO ROB SOME OF THE LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR SUBSTANTIAL PRECIP. THIS MAY TRANSLATE TO TWO RELATIVE MAXIMA IN RAINFALL... ONE MAXIMUM NEAR THE FRONT OVER COASTAL NC... AND ANOTHER TERRAIN- AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE-ENHANCED MAXIMUM OVER THE FOOTHILLS/MOUNTAINS INTO THE FAR NW PIEDMONT. THAT SAID... HAVE FOCUSED THE HIGHER PW TO OUR NW AND IN THE FAR ERN CWA... WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS THROUGH FRI APPROACHING AN INCH AND A HALF... WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS JUST OVER AN INCH THROUGH THE CENTRAL CWA. WHILE THIS IS VERY UNLIKELY TO FALL HARD ENOUGH OR QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ISSUES... IT MAY STILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS... LIKELY MAKING FOR A MESSY COMMUTE FRI MORNING. TOUGH CALL ON TEMPS AS THE MORNING SUNSHINE ALLOWED FOR A NICE WARMUP AND LOWERING OF DEWPOINTS (INTO THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S) OVER MUCH OF THE NRN/WRN CWA. 
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Iffy for central NC???

AT THE SURFACE... LOW PRESSURE SPINNING JUST OFF THE SAVANNAH GA COAST IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE ITS WNW-WARD DRIFT INTO GA THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING FRI... ALTHOUGH ANOTHER LOW MAY DEVELOP FRI IN THIS SAME LOCATION ALONG A PERSISTENT COASTAL FRONT... THE PRESENCE OF WHICH IS LEADING TO SOME FORECAST UNCERTAINTY. WHILE CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH THAT WE'LL SEE A STRONG INFLUX OF ABOVE NORMAL PW VALUES AND DECENT UPPER DIVERGENCE TO SUPPORT RAIN GIVEN THE DEEP MOISTURE... IF THE COASTAL FRONT DOES NOT PUSH MUCH INLAND OR DISSIPATES AS IT DOES SO ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY NEW COASTAL FRONT DEVELOPMENT... THEN THIS MAY SERVE TO ROB SOME OF THE LOW LEVEL FOCUS FOR SUBSTANTIAL PRECIP. THIS MAY TRANSLATE TO TWO RELATIVE MAXIMA IN RAINFALL... ONE MAXIMUM NEAR THE FRONT OVER COASTAL NC... AND ANOTHER TERRAIN- AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE-ENHANCED MAXIMUM OVER THE FOOTHILLS/MOUNTAINS INTO THE FAR NW PIEDMONT. THAT SAID... HAVE FOCUSED THE HIGHER PW TO OUR NW AND IN THE FAR ERN CWA... WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS THROUGH FRI APPROACHING AN INCH AND A HALF... WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS JUST OVER AN INCH THROUGH THE CENTRAL CWA. WHILE THIS IS VERY UNLIKELY TO FALL HARD ENOUGH OR QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ISSUES... IT MAY STILL GENERATE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS... LIKELY MAKING FOR A MESSY COMMUTE FRI MORNING. TOUGH CALL ON TEMPS AS THE MORNING SUNSHINE ALLOWED FOR A NICE WARMUP AND LOWERING OF DEWPOINTS (INTO THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S) OVER MUCH OF THE NRN/WRN CWA. 

 

That's just for Friday, Sat won't be pretty.  Maybe 1-1.5" tomorrow and another 1-2" on Saturday.

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Hmmm, I wonder where the Blue Ridge Escarpment is...

 

 

 

We usually do really well in these types of events. I remember May of 2013 provided an environment where it rained non stop for the better part of a week. Better start building that ark! 

 

Now if only we could cash in like that in the winter :snowwindow:

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