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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

August 29, 2008Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 29, 2008, 2:46 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 29, 2008, 3:21 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2008, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2008, 3:21 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2008, 11:56 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The river

Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Carolina Eastman (CEAS1).

Action stage
114 ft
Minor stage
115 ft
Moderate stage
119 ft
Major stage
126 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 29, 2:33 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 2:33 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.