Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
000 SXUS72 KCAE 302248 RERCAE RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 545 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...A NEW DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY... THE CURRENT RAINFALL EVENT WHICH BEGAN TWO EVENINGS AGO YIELDED 1.62 INCHES TODAY FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAS ENOUGH TO BREAK THE EXISTING DAILY RECORD OF 1.50 INCHES FOR NOVEMBER 30TH WHICH WAS SET IN 1974. WITH MOST OF THE RAIN HAVING MOVED EAST OF THE COLUMBIA AREA... THE NOVEMBER 28TH THROUGH 30TH EVENT TOTAL WILL BE 2.79 INCHES IF NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS MEASURED. $$
