Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1115 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016

...LOW TEMPERATURE AND FROST REPORTS THIS MORNING...

MANY THANKS TO NWS COOPERATIVE OBERSERVERS...COCORAHS VOLUNTEERS...
RICHLAND CO SC RCWINDS NETWORK...AND OTHER NETWORKS.

LOCATION                     TEMP       SOURCE    REMARKS

...GEORGIA...

...BURKE COUNTY...
1 SSE WAYNESBORO             33 F       COOP      FROST
3 NNE MIDVILLE               35 F       URBANET

...COLUMBIA COUNTY...
KIOKEE CREEK NR EVANS        37 F       GOES
2 NNE EVANS                  39 F       CWOP

...MCDUFFIE COUNTY...
3 WSW DEARING                33 F       CWOP
THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRP 33 F       AWOS
3 SSW DEARING                34 F       URBANET

...RICHMOND COUNTY...
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD           31 F       ASOS
7 SSE AUGUSTA                34 F       AWS
6 SSW AUGUSTA                35 F       CWOP
3 ESE MARTINEZ               37 F       CWOP
3 S MARTINEZ                 40 F       CWOP
FORT GORDON                  40 F       GOES
DANIEL FIELD AIRPORT         41 F       ASOS

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

...AIKEN COUNTY...
8 SE NEW ELLENTON            29 F       RAWS
AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT      32 F       AWOS
4 S NEW ELLENTON             32 F       RAWS
3 SW AIKEN                   34 F       CWOP
7 SE MONETTA                 34 F       CWOP
AIKEN                        35 F       COOP
1 SSW NORTH AUGUSTA          41 F       CWOP

...BAMBERG COUNTY...
BAMBERG                      35 F       COOP

...BARNWELL COUNTY...
BARNWELL                     32 F       COOP      FROST
2 W BLACKVILLE               33 F       CWOP
SC BLACKVILLE 3 W            34 F       GOES
2 W BLACKVILLE               34 F       GOES
BARNWELL REGIONAL AIRPORT    34 F       AWOS
8 WSW SNELLING               34 F       RAWS

...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY...
CHERAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT     30 F       AWOS
CHERAW                       32 F       CWOP
2 W CHERAW                   32 F       CWOP
CHERAW WATER PLANT           33 F       COOP
CHERAW                       37 F       CWOP
6 E JEFFERSON                38 F       RAWS

...CLARENDON COUNTY...
8 E SUMMERTON                32 F       AWOS
MANNING                      33 F       COOP
6 NNE SANTEE                 43 F       RAWS

...EDGEFIELD COUNTY...
MCCORMICK                    32 F       COOP
4 SW JOHNSTON                33 F       COOP      LIGHT FROST
8 ENE PLUM BRANCH            33 F       RAWS

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
3 SSE RIDGEWAY               31 F       AWS
WINNSBORO WATER PLT          35 F       COOP
WINNSBORO APT                36 F       AWOS

...KERSHAW COUNTY...
LUGOFF 2NE                   30 F       COOP
CAMDEN-WOODWARD FIELD        32 F       AWOS
WATEREE DAM                  33 F       COOP

...LANCASTER COUNTY...
LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT     30 F       AWOS
HEATH SPRINGS                37 F       AWS

...LEE COUNTY...
BISHOPVILLE                  31 F       COOP

...LEXINGTON COUNTY...
1 S PELION                   29 F       AWS
1.4 S CHAPIN                 32 F       COCORAHS  FROST
2 SSE RED BANK               33 F       CWOP
LAKE MURRAY DAM              33 F       GOES
1 E LEXINGTON                34 F       CWOP
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT       34 F       ASOS      FROST OUTLYING AREAS
BATESBURG WATER PLANT        34 F       COOP

...MCCORMICK COUNTY...
MCCORMICK                    31 F       COOP
1 W CLARKS HILL              32 F       URBANET
4 N MOUNT CARMEL             34 F       USARMY-COE
PLUMB BRANCH LAKE THURMOND   40 F       GOES

...NEWBERRY COUNTY...
NEWBERRY COUNTY AIRPORT      32 F       AWOS
NEWBERRY                     32 F       COOP
NEWBERRY                     33 F       AWS
LITTLE MOUNTAIN              38 F       COOP

...ORANGEBURG COUNTY...
2 WNW EDISTO                 29 F       CWOP
2 ESE SPRINGFIELD            34 F       CWOP
SOUTH FORK EDISTO RIVER      34 F       GOES
HOLLY HILL                   34 F       COOP
ORANGEBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 36 F       ASOS
1 N BROOKDALE                36 F       AWS
6.9 WSW SANTEE                M         COCORAHS  FROST

...RICHLAND COUNTY...
CEDAR CREEK                  28 F       COOP      FROST
8 E FORT JACKSON             28 F       RAWS
LEESBURG RD HWY 601          29 F       RCWINDS
UPPER RICHLAND               29 F       RCWINDS
BEAR CREEK                   29 F       RCWINDS
GADSDEN 6WSW                 29 F       GOES
EASTOVER                     30 F       RCWINDS
6 SW EASTOVER                31 F       RAWS
MCENTIRE ANG                 31 F       AWOS
WATEREE                      32 F       RCWINDS
2 E CAYCE                    34 F       AWS
IRMO                         34 F       AWS
SPRING VALLEY                36 F       RCWINDS
HAMILTON-OWENS APT DOWNTOWN  36 F       ASOS
4 NE DENTSVILLE              36 F       CWOP
SANDHILL EXPERIMENT STN      37 F       COOP
COLUMBIA                     38 F       AWS
HQ DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA         39 F       RCWINDS
2 SE FORT JACKSON            40 F       RAWS
LAKE MURRAY DAM              41 F       RCWINDS
FLOTILLA IS. LAKE MURRAY     42 F       GOES

...SALUDA COUNTY...
2 ESE SALUDA                 28 F       AWS
SALUDA                       31 F       CWOP
SALUDA                       31 F       COOP
RIDGE SPRING                 39 F       AWS

...SUMTER COUNTY...
SUMTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT     32 F       AWOS
SUMTER                       36 F       COOP
SHAW AFB                     37 F       AWOS
1 SE SUMTER                  37 F       COCORAHS  THICK FROST

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.