Florence Rainfall Totals for the SC Midlands and CSRA

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1127 AM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018

...Updated to include additional public and COOP reports along with
RCWINDS mesonet reports...

...Event Rainfall Totals with Tropical Cyclone Florence...

Rain associated with Florence started late day Friday and continued
through early this morning. The following are preliminary rainfall
totals for that time period, roughly 72 hours.

Note: For brevity and QC purposes, only amounts one inch or higher
are listed in the table below.

Location                     Amount     Provider
Cheraw Water Plant           22.58 in   COOP
6 E Jefferson                21.18 in   RAWS
Main St. Chesterfield        19.94 in   Public
3 E Chesterfield             17.09 in   COOP
Jefferson                    16.84 in   Public
USGS Raingage near McBee     12.93 in   GOES
Black Creek Blo Chesterfield 12.20 in   GOES
3 SE Pageland                10.48 in   GOES
9 WNW Pageland               9.84 in    COCORAHS
7 ENE Lancaster              7.25 in    COCORAHS
6 NE Camden                  6.52 in    COCORAHS
Indian Land 4.7 S            6.22 in    COCORAHS
1 NNW Lancaster              5.66 in    COCORAHS
Lancaster Rain Gauge         5.34 in    GOES
Longtown                     5.25 in    COOP
Blythewood 1.0 W             4.78 in    COCORAHS
Lancaster                    4.66 in    COCORAHS
3 NE Bishopville             4.62 in    GOES
Elliott Lee Co.              4.49 in    COOP
Sand Hill Exp Stn NE Cola    4.50 in    COOP
5 WSW Elgin                  4.53 in    COCORAHS
Upper Richland               4.49 in    RCWINDS
Cedar Creek                  4.45 in    RCWINDS
Crane Creek Fire Stn         4.41 in    RCWINDS
Hopkins                      4.37 in    RCWINDS
5 NE Dentsville              4.37 in    COCORAHS
1 SE Fort Jackson            4.33 in    RAWS
1 SE Manning                 4.28 in    COCORAHS
Leesburg Rd/Hwy 601          4.25 in    RCWINDS
Gills Creek                  4.25 in    RCWINDS
Gadsden                      4.21 in    RCWINDS
Lower Richland Fire Stn      4.14 in    RCWINDS
5 W Blythewood               4.11 in    COCORAHS
Landfill                     4.06 in    RCWINDS
Public Works                 4.05 in    RCWINDS
3 ENE Fort Mill              4.05 in    COCORAHS
Cedar Crk                    4.00 in    COOP
MLK Park Columbia            3.98 in    RCWINDS
1 NNE Elgin                  3.89 in    COCORAHS
5 ESE Blythewood             3.84 in    COCORAHS
Richland Library NE          3.82 in    RCWINDS
8 E Fort Jackson             3.79 in    RAWS
Screaming Eagle              3.73 in    RCWINDS
Sumter                       3.73 in    CWOP
Winnsboro Water Plant        3.66 in    COOP
Stateburg                    3.64 in    COCORAHS
Horrell Hill                 3.63 in    RCWINDS
Lexington 5.6 SW             3.54 in    COCORAHS
9 E Manning                  3.50 in    COCORAHS
1 SW Cherryvale              3.49 in    CWOP
Elders Pond                  3.47 in    RCWINDS
1 SSW Sumter                 3.43 in    COCORAHS
Eastover                     3.42 in    RCWINDS
1 N Camden                   3.31 in    COCORAHS
12 NW Camden                 3.29 in    HADS
Met Station                  3.29 in    GOES
3 SW Elgin                   3.28 in    COCORAHS
3 NE Irmo                    3.27 in    COCORAHS
Columbia 3.1 E               3.25 in    COCORAHS
Little Mountain              3.21 in    COOP
Gilbert 1.0 SE               3.21 in    COCORAHS
Newberry                     3.20 in    AWS
Lexington 1.6 WNW            3.17 in    COCORAHS
2 S Newberry                 3.15 in    COCORAHS
Irmo Utilities               3.15 in    RCWINDS
1 W Forest Acres             3.12 in    COCORAHS
SCEMD                        3.11 in    RCWINDS
4 NE Dentsville              3.10 in    CWOP
6 SW Eastover                3.05 in    RAWS
Newberry                     3.03 in    COOP
3 SSW Summit                 3.02 in    COCORAHS
2 NE Irmo                    3.02 in    COCORAHS
Lugoff                       3.00 in    COCORAHS
Newberry                     2.99 in    RCWINDS
2 SW Oak Grove               2.99 in    COCORAHS
Oak Grove                    2.98 in    COCORAHS
Univ. of SC Columbia         2.97 in    UCOOP
Irmo Fire                    2.92 in    RCWINDS
3 SE Ridgeway                2.92 in    AWS
1 SW Lexington               2.92 in    COCORAHS
Town of Wateree Richland Co  2.87 in    RCWINDS
2 NE Lexington               2.84 in    COCORAHS
2 NE Lexington               2.82 in    COCORAHS
3 SSE Lexington              2.77 in    COCORAHS
Lake Murray of Richland      2.76 in    COCORAHS
2 W Oak Grove                2.74 in    COCORAHS
Springhill Chapin            2.72 in    RCWINDS
Hamilton Owens Field Apt     2.72 in    RCWINDS
1 W Irmo                     2.70 in    COCORAHS
Crossroads Fire Stn          2.67 in    RCWINDS
1 S Chapin                   2.67 in    COCORAHS
Forest Acres                 2.67 in    COCORAHS
1 SW Cayce                   2.60 in    COCORAHS
Pineview Garners Ferry       2.56 in    RCWINDS
HQ Taylor St Columbia        2.52 in    RCWINDS
Columbia Metro Airport       2.51 in    ASOS
Broad R. St. Andrews         2.48 in    RCWINDS
Saluda                       2.44 in    COCORAHS
Pelion 4.7 W                 2.36 in    COCORAHS
1 SSW Batesburg              2.35 in    COCORAHS
1 ENE Perry                  2.31 in    COCORAHS
EdVenture Columbia           2.29 in    RCWINDS
Ridge Spring                 2.27 in    COCORAHS
2 NE Lexington               2.24 in    COCORAHS
4 W Red Bank                 2.23 in    COCORAHS
Williams Brice Stadium       2.21 in    RCWINDS
Saluda                       2.17 in    COOP
Lexington Co. Apt Pelion     2.13 in    RCWINDS
4 SW Johnston                2.12 in    COOP
1 N South Congaree           2.11 in    CWOP
1 SE Irmo                    2.10 in    CWOP
8 N Leesville                2.06 in    COCORAHS
3 ENE Saluda                 2.04 in    COCORAHS
4 NW Brookdale               2.01 in    COCORAHS
Usgs Rain Gage At Scdot Offi 2.00 in    GOES
Saluda                       1.98 in    CWOP
6 WSW Santee                 1.98 in    COCORAHS
Holly Hill                   1.97 in    COOP
Ballentine                   1.93 in    RCWINDS
5 NNE Santee                 1.92 in    RAWS
Edgefield                    1.91 in    GOES
6 SW Lake Murray of Richland 1.86 in    COCORAHS
3 N Edgefield                1.83 in    COCORAHS
Saluda R Blo Lk Murray D.    1.72 in    GOES
2 NNW Santee                 1.67 in    CWOP
6 WSW Saluda                 1.65 in    COCORAHS
2 SSE Red Bank               1.64 in    CWOP
3 ENE Swansea                1.63 in    COCORAHS
5 WNW Silverstreet           1.62 in    COCORAHS
4 E Woodford                 1.62 in    COCORAHS
Dutch Fork HS                1.57 in    RCWINDS
2 ESE Saluda                 1.56 in    AWS
6 S Callison                 1.53 in    RAWS
3 ESE Windsor                1.49 in    COCORAHS
2 W Blackville               1.48 in    GOES
Orangeburg                   1.47 in    COCORAHS
5 N Summit                   1.43 in    COCORAHS
10 ENE Ridgeway              1.38 in    CWOP
5 NE Murphys Estates         1.37 in    COCORAHS
4 NE Murphys Estates         1.32 in    COCORAHS
Orangeburg                   1.26 in    COOP
Orangeburg 3.2 NW            1.26 in    COCORAHS
6 S Monetta                  1.25 in    HADS
Orangeburg Municipal Airport 1.20 in    ASOS
1 WSW Barnwell               1.20 in    COCORAHS
1 N Aiken                    1.19 in    COCORAHS
Aiken                        1.18 in    CWOP
Sc Blackville 3 W            1.16 in    GOES
3 ENE New Ellenton           1.06 in    COCORAHS
2 WNW Aiken                  1.05 in    COCORAHS
8 SE New Ellenton            1.04 in    RAWS
2 NE New Ellenton            1.03 in    COCORAHS
Ridge Spring                 1.00 in    AWS
&&

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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