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River Flood Advisory 12, NWS Columbia, SC

July 12, 2013Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at Jul 12, 2013, 1:16 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2013, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2013, 10:21 AM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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 Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 14.71 ft at Jul 13, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jul 12, 10:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:22 AM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
422 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-130830-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
422 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 8:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg	92 min
Jul 11, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	50 min
Jul 11, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Kershaw	4 days
Jul 11, 11:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	3 hr
Jul 12, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	114 min
Jul 12, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington, Richland	32 min
Jul 12, 7:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Clarendon, Sumter	118 min
Jul 12, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	32 min
Jul 12, 7:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Lancaster	59 min
Jul 12, 4:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	109 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2013 Every river flood advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.