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Flood Watch 1, NWS Columbia, SC

December 11, 20086 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flood watch at Dec 11, 2008, 4:31 AM EST for 6 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 11, 2008, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2008, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 11, 2008, 3:05 PM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Dec 11, 4:24 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 4:24 AM EST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:56 PM EST, 11 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 10, 7:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Richland	117 min
Dec 11, 4:28 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	30 hr
Dec 11, 7:13 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	36 hr
Dec 11, 12:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	48 min
Dec 11, 1:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	42 min
Dec 11, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	40 min
Dec 11, 1:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter	41 min
Dec 11, 1:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	34 min
Dec 11, 11:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	38 min
Dec 11, 11:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	33 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2008 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2008 Every flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.