PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
800 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...RAINFALL REPORTS FROM TODAY...

.SUMMARY...
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING OVER THE 
CSRA. DUE TO A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...THESE SLOW MOVING 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE CO GA...SOUTHERN COLUMBIA CO GA...NORTHERN 
RICHMOND CO GA...AND WESTERN AIKEN CO SC. THE RAINFALL PROMPTED THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN COLUMBIA SC TO ISSUE AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...FOLLOWED BY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING...FOR 
THAT REGION THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. 
ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPED DURING THE 
AFTERNOON AND PROVIDED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN COLUMBIA CO 
GA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RICHMOND CO GA...AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN 
AIKEN CO SC. THIS RAINFALL PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND 
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...AND REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN SOME 
LOCATIONS WAS RECEIVED. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL REPORTS FROM TODAY...

...LOCATION..............CTY/STATE.........SOURCE......AMT(INCHES)...

HARLEM...................COLUMBIA CO GA...(EM/MEDIA)...6.50
HORSE CR. CLEARWATER.....AIKEN CO SC......(USGS).......5.03
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD.....RICHMOND CO GA...(ASOS).......4.95*
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD.......RICHMOND CO GA...(ASOS).......4.66*
EVANS....................COLUMBIA CO GA...(USGS).......4.60
BROWN RD/MCELMURRAY RD...RICHMOND CO GA...(USGS).......4.46
6 SSW AUGUSTA............RICHMOND CO GA...(PUBLIC).....4.31
SAV. R. LOCK/DAM.........RICHMOND CO GA...(USGS).......4.03
AUGUSTA RIVERWALK........RICHMOND CO GA...(NWS)........3.85
SPIRIT CR/US 1...........RICHMOND CO GA...(USGS).......3.28
DEARING..................MCDUFFIE CO GA...(GAEMN)......3.09
3 ESE MARTINEZ...........RICHMOND CO GA...(PUBLIC).....2.91
APPLING..................COLUMBIA CO GA...(NWS)........2.90
1 SE EVANS...............COLUMBIA CO GA...(PUBLIC).....2.75
CLARKS HILL LAKE DAM.....MCCORMICK CO SC..(GAEMN)......2.54
3 NE AIKEN...............AIKEN CO SC......(PUBLIC).....2.49
NORTH AUGUSTA............AIKEN CO SC......(PUBLIC).....2.39
SAVANNAH RIVER SITE......AIKEN CO SC......(RAWS).......2.09
WAYNESBORO...............BURKE CO GA......(USGS).......1.99
SAVANNAH RIVER SITE......BARNWELL CO SC...(RAWS).......1.94
MIDVILLE.................BURKE CO GA......(GAEMN)......0.99


*NOTES...
AT AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD...4.16 INCHES OF THIS RAIN FELL IN ABOUT
2 1/2 HOURS FROM ABOUT 840 AM TO 1100 AM. DANIEL FIELD HAS 
RECEIVED 8.16 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH.

AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD...3.25 INCHES OF THIS RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 
2 HOURS FROM 312 PM TO 500 PM. THE 4.66 INCH TOTAL ESTABLISHED A 
NEW RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR THE DATE. BUSH FIELD HAS RECEIVED 
6.93 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH.

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS 
FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.