Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2011

River Flood Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

March 31, 2011Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2011, 10:32 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 1, 2011, 5:21 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2011, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2011, 5:21 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2011, 10:39 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
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 02:33 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
Apr 1, 12:21 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland5 hr
Apr 1, 7:33 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more12 hr
Apr 1, 2:55 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.