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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

May 25, 20097 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2009, 6:25 PM EDT for 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 44 hr. 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 25, 2009, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2009, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 7:40 PM EDT, 22 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:40 PM EDT, 22 hours 45 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 25, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	116 min
May 25, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	22 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.