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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC

May 27, 2009Newberry County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2009, 12:46 PM EDT for Newberry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 112 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 27, 2009, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2009, 2:38 PM EDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Newberry County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 27, 11:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 11:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:50 AM EDT, 8 hours 56 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 27, 1:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Orangeburg	114 min
May 27, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington	114 min
May 27, 3:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	86 min

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.