PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
555 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...ALL TIME WETTEST CALENDAR DAY AT COLUMBIA SC IN HISTORY...
...ALL TIME WETTEST 24 HOUR PERIOD AT COLUMBIA IN HISTORY...
...ALL TIME HIGHEST 2 DAY RAINFALL TOTAL AT COLUMBIA IN HISTORY...

6.71 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SO FAR TODAY AS OF 5PM...ESTABLISHING AN
ALL TIME RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR A CALENDAR DAY AT COLUMBIA. THE
PREVIOUS ALL TIME RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AT COLUMBIA WAS 5.79 INCHES
ESTABLISHED ON JULY 9TH 1959.

THE 6.71 INCHES SO FAR TODAY...ADDED TO THE 3.57 INCHES OF RAIN THAT
OCCURRED YESTERDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD...ESTABLISHES AN ALL TIME
RECORD 2 DAY RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 10.28 INCHES AT COLUMBIA. THE
PREVIOUS 2 DAY RECORD AMOUNT WAS 7.69 INCHES SET ON AUGUST 16-17
1949.

ALSO...THE RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS ALSO
ESTABLISHED AT COLUMBIA.  FROM 5PM SAT OCT 3 THROUGH 5PM SUN OCT
4TH...8.70 INCHES OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED AT COLUMBIA METRO APT.  THIS
BROKE THE PREVIOUS 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD OF 7.66 INCHES SET IN
AUG 16-17 1949.

CONTINUOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN COLUMBIA ON JUNE 1, 1887.
(HOURLY AND 24 HOUR PERIOD RAINFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1948)

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