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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Columbia, SC

December 24, 2009Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2009, 10:29 AM EST for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2009, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2009, 10:54 AM EST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity
Minor

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

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:44 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more24 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.