PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
120 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2012


MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA FOR SEPTEMBER 2012.

...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION RETURNS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FOR
SEPTEMBER...
...TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...
...FLASH FLOOD EVENT ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY ON THE 17TH...


.SUMMARY...
AS A GENERAL RULE...THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS VERY QUIET ACROSS THE
MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES
WERE VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. HOWEVER...RAINFALL
WAS BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE WETTEST PORTION OF THE
AREA WAS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MIDLANDS WHERE 3 TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE DRIEST AREA WAS ACROSS THE EASTERN
MIDLANDS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTIES OF BAMBERG AND
BARNWELL COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM LESS THAN ONE INCH
UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA.


.TEMPERATURE...

.COLUMBIA SC...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT WAS 80.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE
NORMAL AUGUST AVERAGE OF 80.8 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE
MONTH WAS 97 ON THE 2ND. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 63
ON THE 25TH AND 26TH.

.AUGUSTA GA...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD WAS 78.8
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE NORMAL AUGUST
AVERAGE OF 80.5 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES
WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 95 ON THE
2ND AND 3RD. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 62 ON THE 25TH
AND 26TH.


.RAINFALL...

.COLUMBIA SC...
1.84 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT DURING THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER...WHICH IS 1.70 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL SEPTEMBER
VALUE OF 3.54 INCHES. IT WAS THE 25TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD AT
COLUMBIA.

.AUGUSTA GA...
1.84 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD DURING THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER...WHICH IS 1.38 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL SEPTEMBER MONTHLY
VALUE OF 3.22 INCHES.


.NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...

ON THE MORNING OF THE 17TH...A FLASH FLOOD EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 17TH ACROSS EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED NEAR THE BORDER OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
ALONG WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WAS THE FOCUS FOR AN EXTREMELY
HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. IN A PERIOD OF 3 TO 6 HOURS 8 TO 10 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL ACROSS EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY. THERE WERE NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF ROADWAYS AND CREEKS FLOODED ACROSS THAT PORTION OF THE
COUNTY. A CREEK WAS OVER A BRIDGE ALONG HIGHWAY 9 NEAR THE BORDER OF
LANCASTER AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES. A WATER RESCUE OCCURRED ON
LANGLEY ROAD DUE TO THE HIGH WATER. SEVERAL CARS WERE SUBMERGED IN
WATER.


.PEAK MEASURED WIND GUSTS...

AUGUSTA GA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......38 MPH ON THE 2ND
ORANGEBURG SC COUNTY AIRPORT.........35 MPH ON THE 29TH
COLUMBIA SC METRO AIRPORT............32 MPH ON THE 17TH
AUGUSTA GA DANIEL FIELD..............30 MPH ON THE 17TH
COLUMBIA SC HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....23 MPH ON THE 8TH


.RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS GAGES FOR THE MONTH...

DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA (DNL) ASOS..............4.07 INCHES
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB) ASOS.........3.84 INCHES
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS) ASOS................1.84 INCHES
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE) ASOS............1.84 INCHES
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS AIRPORT (CUB) ASOS...1.57 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COCORAHS
(COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK)
OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE
MONTH...

SC-LN-9....LANCASTER 11.0 ENE....9.68 INCHES
SC-RC-6....BLYTHEWOOD 4.7 SSE....6.12 INCHES
SC-LN-7....LANCASTER 4.0 SE......5.67 INCHES
SC-LN-8....LANCASTER 0.4 WSW.....5.40 INCHES
SC-KR-14...LUGOFF 2.2 NNW........4.47 INCHES
SC-AK-10...N. AUGUSTA 1.7 NNW....4.46 INCHES

HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST COCORAHS TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE
MONTH...

SC-BM-1....DENMARK 2.8 WNW.......0.39 INCHES
SC-CA-2....GASTON 5.3 E..........0.72 INCHES
SC-BM-2....BLACKVILLE 3.7 E......0.77 INCHES
SC-CD-1....SUMMERTON 8.4 SE......1.28 INCHES
SC-BW-3....BARNWELL 1.2 WSW......1.36 INCHES
SC-OR-11...NEESES 7.0 SE.........1.40 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH...

LONGTOWN (LNTS1).................5.33 INCHES
CHERAW WATER PLANT (CEWS1).......4.60 INCHES
LUGOFF 2ND (LUGS1)...............4.38 INCHES
LITTLE MOUNTAIN (LIMS1)..........3.03 INCHES

HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST TOTALS RECORDED BY OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THE MONTH:

BAMBERG (BAMS1)..................0.65 INCHES
BARNWELL 5 ENE (BNLS1)...........0.68 INCHES
BISHOPVILLE WAGS 1 ENE (BSPS1)...1.29 INCHES


.YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...

COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP   AVG TEMP   NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  61.8/+5.8      36.9/+3.2      49.4      44.8    +4.6
FEB       64.1/+3.8      40.3/+3.5      52.2      48.5    +3.7
MAR       77.7/+9.5      53.2/+10.2     65.4      55.6    +9.8
APR       79.3/+3.0      54.7/+4.3      67.0      63.4    +3.6
MAY       85.8/+2.0      64.9/+5.4      75.4      71.7    +3.7
JUN       88.4/-1.6      66.6/-1.6      77.5      79.1    -1.6
JUL       95.8/+3.1      74.2/+2.6      85.0      82.2    +2.8
AUG       89.5/-1.2      71.3/+0.3      80.4      80.8    -0.4
SEP       85.9/+0.7      65.1/+0.9      75.5      74.7    +0.8


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP  AVG TEMP    NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  63.4/+5.5      34.3/+1.5     48.8       45.4    +3.4
FEB       65.6/+3.3      39.1/+3.2     52.4       49.1    +3.3
MAR       77.0/+7.1      51.0/+9.0     64.0       55.9    +8.1
APR       79.4/+2.0      51.3/+3.2     65.4       62.7    +2.7
MAY       86.0/+1.0      61.6/+4.3     73.8       71.1    +2.7
JUN       87.6/-3.4      61.8/-4.4     74.7       78.6    -3.9
JUL       96.0/+2.6      71.5/+1.7     83.7       81.6    +2.1
AUG       88.6/-3.2      69.0/-0.3     78.8       80.5    -1.7
SEP       85.4/-1.3      62.2/-0.4     73.8       74.9    -0.8


COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL  DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.76     3.58    -1.82
FEB            2.46     3.61    -1.15
MAR            2.21     3.73    -1.52
APR            2.28     2.62    -0.34
MAY            4.71     2.97    +1.74
JUN            4.18     4.69    -0.51
JUL            6.96     5.46    +1.50
AUG            9.81     5.26    +4.55
SEP            1.84     3.54    -1.70

YEAR TO DATE  36.21    35.46    +0.75


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL   DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.40     3.91     -2.51
FEB            1.12     3.92     -2.80
MAR            2.28     4.18     -1.90
APR            1.45     2.84     -1.39
MAY            4.56     2.65     +1.91
JUN            2.48     4.72     -2.24
JUL            1.54     4.33     -2.79
AUG           12.28     4.32     +7.96
SEP            1.84     3.22     -1.38

YEAR TO DATE  28.95    34.09     -5.14


.NOTE...
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA
BACK TO 1873. PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1878 AND
FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1871.

ADDITIONAL CLIMATE INFORMATION...INCLUDING CURRENT AND
ARCHIVED DAILY AND MONTHLY SUMMARIES...CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC HOME PAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE .

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VAUGHAN