Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2009, 8:26 AM EST for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It took effect at Nov 11, 2009, 12:41 PM EST. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2009, 8:26 AM EST (13:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2009, 12:41 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2009, 10:46 AM EST
- In force
- 70 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Greenwood County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Saluda River at Chappells (CHAS1). The gauge peaked at 14.76 ft at Nov 13, 2009, 10:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02167000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 12:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 52 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:46 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 43 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda | 69 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:38 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 30 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:46 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 4 days |
| Nov 11, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 4 days |
| Nov 11, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 64 hr |
| Nov 11, 12:17 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 43 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2009Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.