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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

May 24, 2009Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2009, 1:17 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2009, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 24, 9:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:29 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:42 AM EDT, 9 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
May 24, 1:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Richland	116 min
May 24, 1:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	107 min
May 24, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Saluda	118 min
May 24, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	114 min
May 24, 5:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Burke	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.