(Columbia)- Severe weather moved through the Midlands Monday, bringing hail and damaging winds--but also much needed rain. (View News19's TrueView Doppler Radar)
Here are the totals for selected cities in our state:
Orangeburg 2.40" Sumter 1.11" Columbia 0.44" Florence 0.16" Greenwood 0.13"
Doppler estimates project anywhere from two to three inches of rain may have fallen in parts of central Lee county, just southwest of Bishopville. Also, up to 3 inches fell along eastern Sumter county and over 2" fell in many areas in and around the city of Orangeburg. Lowest amounts where mainly west of Columbia where some picked up just past a trace of rain.
For Columbia, Monday's rains pushed our totals back to normal for the month (1.70" since June 1). However, we're still running just over 8 inches below normal for the year in Columbia. Some parts of the Midlands are doing better, while a few are doing a bit worse. This is the first month in the last six in which we've kept normal rainfall this far into the month.
In Fairfield County, News19 found several downed trees which caused damage. A few of them were snapped in half outside White Oak ARP Church. Other downed limbs damaged a group of cars.
Hail also fell in the county. At one point, a tornado warning was issued for Fairfield County, but so far, there's no evidence a twister actually formed.
In Orangeburg County, a storm cell produced nearly quarter-size hail. Lee, Sumter, and Kershaw Counties all saw severe storms.
Richland and Lexington Counties saw heavy rains douse the area.
Power outages were spotty, centering mainly in Fairfield County, where 100 homes went dark at the peak of the outages.
Stay with wltx.com and News19 for the latest on the developing conditions or you can check out News19's Weather Now.
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6/12/2007 9:22:31 AM
