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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
352 PM EST SAT JAN 30 2010

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES.
APPRECIATION FOR THE REPORTS IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...
COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS...COCORAHS OBSERVERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS...POWER COMPANIES AND THE MEDIA. THE SUMMARY IS
ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/CAE

*********************** SNOWFALL REPORTS ***********************

STORM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
LOCATION SNOWFALL OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT

SOUTH CAROLINA

...LANCASTER COUNTY...
NORTHERN TIP 1.5 830 1/30 AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW AND SLEET AT US
HWY 521 AND HWY 160.

NORTHERN TIP 3.5 1330 1/30 COUNTY EM REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IN
THE EXTREME NORTHERN TIP OF THE
COUNTY. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS
OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

*********************** SLEET REPORTS ***********************

STORM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
LOCATION TOTAL OF

(INCHES) MEASUREMENT

SOUTH CAROLINA

...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY...
PAGELAND 1.5 940 1/30 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF
SLEET ON GROUND. SOME
ICE IN TREES. SLICK
ROADS.

...LANCASTER COUNTY...

LANCASTER 1.5 1330 1/30 COUNTY EM REPORTED 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE
TOWN OF LANCASTER. ICY ROADS.

RICH HILL CROSSROADS 1 1330 1/30 COUNTY EM REPORTED 1 INCH OF SLEET
IN THE RICH HILL AREA.

...NEWBERRY COUNTY...
WHITMIRE 1.5 930 1/30 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET
ON GROUND. ICE IN TREES.

...SUMTER COUNTY...
SUMTER T 1730 1/30 SLEET REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.

******************** FREEZING RAIN REPORTS ********************

ICE TIME/DATE COMMENTS
LOCATION ACCRETION OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT

SOUTH CAROLINA

...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY...
CHERAW 1015 1/30 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
DUE TO ICE. POWER OUTAGES
IN CHERAW. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC

ACCIDENTS

COUNTYWIDE 1130 1/30 LYNCHES RIVER ELECTRIC COOP
REPORTED A FEW POWER OUTAGES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MAINLY
DUE TO LIMBS ALONG WITH A FEW
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

MCBEE 1000 1/30 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN THE MCBEE TO LAKE

ROBINSON VICINITY

...CLARENDON COUNTY...
TURBEVILLE 945 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES

...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
LONGTOWN 0.25 840 1/30 COOP OBSERVER
WINNSBORO 850 1/30 SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN AND SLICK ROADS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

COUNTYWIDE 1055 1/30 FAIRFIELD ELECTRIC COOP
REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 75 PEOPLE

WITHOUT POWER. OUTAGES DUE TO
MAINLY LIMBS DOWN ON LINES ALONG
WITH A FEW TREES DOWN ON LINES.

...KERSHAW COUNTY...
ELGIN 800 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES
WESTVILLE 930 1/30 TREES COVERED WITH ICE

NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY 1130 1/30 LYNCHES ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
200-300 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER
ACROSS NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY.

OUTAGES MAINLY DUE TO LIMBS DOWN
ON POWER LINES ALONG WITH A FEW
TREES.

BETHUNE 1230 1/30 BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE BETHUNE
AREA DUE TO LIMBS AND TREES DOWN
ON POWER LINES.

CAMDEN 1230 1/30 BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE CAMDEN

AREA DUE TO MAINLY TO LIMBS DOWN
ON LINES.

CASSATT 1230 1/30 BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE CASSATT
AREA. THE OUTAGES WERE MAINLY DUE
TO LIMBS ALONG WITH A FEW TREES
DOWN ON LINES.

BETHUNE 0.50 1530 1/30 SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
1/4-1/2 INCH OF GLAZE ON TREES...

POWER LINES AND VEHICLES. ALSO A
LITTLE SNOW AND SLEET OCCURRED
OVERNIGHT.

CASSATT 0.50 1530 1/30 SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED 1/4-1/2
INCH OF GLAZE ON TREES...POWER
LINES AND VEHICLES.

...LANCASTER COUNTY...
LANCASTER 1030 1/30 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT COUNTY. ICE ON

ROADS. SEVERAL TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS.

HEATH SPRINGS 0.50 1330 1/30 COUNTY EM REPORTED 1/4-1/2 INCH OF
GLAZE ON TREES AND POWER LINES.
SOME SLEET OCCURRED THIS MORNING.

KERSHAW 0.50 1330 1/30 COUNTY EM REPORTED 1/4-1/2 INCH OF
GLAZE ON TREES AND POWER LINES.
NUMEROUS LIMBS AND SEVERAL TREES
DOWN IN THE KERSHAW AREA.

KERSHAW 1330 1/30 DUKE POWER REPORTED APPROXIMATELY
400 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER EARLIER
TODAY IN THE KERSHAW AREA.

...LEE COUNTY...
ASHLAND 900 1/30 SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES DOWN DUE TO ICE

LYNCHBURG 1230 1/30 BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
A FEW OUTAGES IN THE LYNCHBURG
ARE DUE TO MAINLY LIMBS DOWN ON

POWER LINES ALONG WITH A FEW
TREES.

...LEXINGTON COUNTY...
LEXINGTON 900 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES
GILBERT 830 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES
LEXINGTON 1630 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES

...NEWBERRY COUNTY...
NEWBERRY 1030 1/30 TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
COUNTY. SPOTTY POWER
OUTAGES. ICE ON BRIDGES.

COUNTYWIDE 0.25 1310 1/30 NEWBERRY ELECTRIC COOP REPORTED
ONE QUARTER INCH OF GLAZE ON TREES
AND POWER LINES. 700 PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER BETWEEN 6 AM AND
7 AM. AN ADDITIONAL 400 TO 500
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER BETWEEN NOON
AND 1 PM. OUTAGES DUE TO LIMBS AND
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
HARDEST HIT AREA WAS THE WHITMIRE

AREA.

...RICHLAND COUNTY...
PONTIAC 700 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES
BALLENTINE 800 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES

...SALUDA COUNTY...
6SW SALUDA 730 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES

...SUMTER COUNTY...
SUMTER 930 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM
MAYESVILLE 1015 1/30 LIGHT ICE ACCUM IN TREES

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