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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2013, 11:56 PM EDT for Columbia County, McDuffie County, Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2013, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2013, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
985
WGUS52 KCAE 080356
FFWCAE
GAC073-189-SCC037-065-080645-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0007.130708T0356Z-130708T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1156 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARTINEZ...GROVETOWN...EVANS...
MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMSON...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT
* AT 1143 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF
EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK...COLUMBIA...AND MDDUFFIE COUNTIES.
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRENTON...DEARING...HARLEM...EVANS...AND LEWISTON.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES LITTLE
WATER TO MOVE A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND INTO DEEPER WATER.
NOTE THAT IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER AT NIGHT.
ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
LAT...LON 3369 8228 3369 8223 3372 8224 3395 8189
3390 8187 3386 8184 3381 8166 3331 8238
3334 8245 3335 8255 3341 8255 3348 8260
$$1 follow-up statement
774
WGUS72 KCAE 080434
FFSCAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1234 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013
GAC073-189-SCC037-065-080645-
/O.CON.KCAE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130708T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDUFFIE GA-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-MCCORMICK SC-
1234 AM EDT MON JUL 8 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR
MCCORMICK...EDGEFIELD...COLUMBIA AND MCDUFFIE COUNTIES...
AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA
EXTENDING FROM THE TRENTON AREA OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY...SOUTHWESTWARD
TO AROUND MERIWETHER IN MCCORMICK COUNTY TO AROUND
DEARING AND HARLEM IN MCDUFFIE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN PART OF THIS AREA
RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES LITTLE
WATER TO MOVE A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND INTO DEEPER WATER.
NOTE THAT IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER AT NIGHT.
ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
LAT...LON 3369 8228 3369 8223 3372 8224 3395 8189
3390 8187 3386 8184 3381 8166 3331 8238
3334 8245 3335 8255 3341 8255 3348 8260
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie | 112 min |
| Jul 8, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 4:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Burke | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 116 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2013Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.