Augusta area receives much needed rain

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Augusta area receives much needed rain

By Rich Rogers rrogers@nbcaugusta.com

Story Published: Aug 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM EST

Story Updated: Aug 14, 2008 at 9:14 AM EST

A spring-like low pressure system raced across Georgia and South Carolina Wednesday, bringing much-needed rain to the drought-stricken Augusta area.

Rain began around 7 p.m. Tuesday over parts of the Augusta area, and some spots north of Augusta picked up almost 2 inches of rain before midnight. Most of the rain ended by 2pm Wednesday.

The storm system that brought the rain is very unusual for this time of year. This type of weather pattern is more common during the winter and spring.

Final rainfall totals for our Tuesday-Wednesday storm

Augusta Bush Field: 2.23"
Monetta (Spotter Wendy): 2.20"
Downtown Aiken (Spotter Procter): 2.20"
Hephzibah (Spotter Barbara): 2.00"
Augusta (Lumpkin Rd): 1.75"
Windsor (Spotter Ken): 1.60"
North Augusta (Hammond's Ferry): 1.25"
West Augusta (off Pleasant Home): 1.25"
West Augusta (off Milledge, Spotter George): 1.25"
NBC Augusta (downtown): 1.21"
Martinez (Spotter Ben): 1.10"
Martinez (Near Bobby Jones, Spotter Wendall): 1.08"
Daniel Field Airport: 1.01"
Grovetown (Spotters Paul and Kathie): 1.00"
Twin Lakes Airport (Spotter Steve): .98"
Grovetown (Spotter Rick): .94"
West Augusta (near Daniel Field, Spotter Lil): .90"
Sylvania (Spotter Dave): .90"
Jackson (Spotter Gail): .90"
Southside AIken (Spotter Justin): .70"

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Wednesday, Aug 13 at 7:49 PM Sally wrote ...

Thank you God for this rain!

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