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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Columbia, SC

March 9, 2011Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood watch at Mar 9, 2011, 10:12 AM EST for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 8:25 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2011, 10:12 AM EST (15:12 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2011, 8:25 PM EST
Expired: Mar 9, 2011, 9:14 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity: None

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 15:14 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch 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 river flood watch went out at Mar 9, 6:40 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 6:40 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
900 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-101400-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
900 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
POSSIBLY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND.

ALSO...PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV
ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARD.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARD.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

ALSO...HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESERVOIR RELEASES COULD POSSIBLY
LEADING TO FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 4:09 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	43 hr
Mar 9, 3:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	57 min
Mar 9, 3:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	66 min
Mar 9, 4:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	61 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2011 Every river flood watch 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.