In Columbia County, isolated flooding was reported this morning as rain-swollen creeks rose out of their usual channels.
Emergency Services Director Pam Tucker said officials are assessing flood-prone areas this morning, but two streets were already closed due to water flooding the roadway.
Those streets are Lake Jean Drive off Hereford Farm Road; and Reynolds Farm Road, she said.
Rainfall totals included 4.58 inches in the Walnut Hill subdivision area between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. today, she said.
Meanwhile, authorities in North Augusta are trying to repair a power outage on Atomic Road at Martintown Road this morning after an electrical transformer exploded.
And a Georgia Power spokesman said about 100 customers lost power earlier this morning near Walton Way but that it has been restored. There are a few scattered outages in Richmond County but the bulk of the local outages are in Waynesboro, where 146 people are without power because of the weather.
Rainfall will begin to slow today as the remnants of Hurricane Ida move out of our area, according to Mike Proud, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Columbia.
“It should start tapering off and become showers throughout the day instead of the steady rain we had through the night,” Mr. Proud said.
Since the rain began to fall at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, stations at Daniel Field and Bush Field have recorded 3.39 inches and 4.11 inches of rainfall, respectively.
The rain will continue today with a high near 61 degrees. There will be gusts of wind as high as 40 mph. Rainfall between a tenth and quarter of an inch is possible.
A flood watch will remain in effect through Wednesday night due to runoff from Tuesday's rainfall.
Counties covered by the flood watch include Richmond, Columbia, Burke, Lincoln and McDuffie counties in Georgia, as well as Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Bamberg, McCormick and Saluda counties in South Carolina.
Drivers are encouraged to be careful when approaching standing water on the roads and allow extra time for their morning commute.
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And the lake is full with nowhere to store the water.
Well the lake will be lowered to work on the flood gates. We waited 2 years for a full pool now this bunch want to lower the level. Why didn't they do the work when it was low, no free gov't money.
what a case of mis management.
Not to mention that they wanted to reduce flows for a couple of weeks for a salt-water infusion study down at the mouth of the river. I guess this rain-event is gonna change their plans on that.
Lessee...how big is a cubit again?
Average elevation is 323 ft. Today we are over 330 ft. The river is full below the dam. The problem is if it rains more and water has to be released it will cause flooding downstream. That's why a safety margin in the lake is always necessary.
This could get funny with people on the lake saying let the water out and people on the river saying hold it. Heh, heh, talk about a reversal.
It appears the lake is over full pool even though downstream we are flooded. See what happens when you try to keep a lake at full pool as opposed to average elevation?