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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

January 17, 2013Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 17, 2013, 2:31 PM EST for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 18, 2013, 9:12 PM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2013, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2013, 9:12 PM EST
Expired
Jan 21, 2013, 9:56 PM EST
In force
3 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 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 17, 3:27 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more26 hr
Jan 17, 1:58 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCAE8 hr
Jan 17, 2:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAEFairfield, Newberry64 hr
Jan 17, 2:42 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland3 days
Jan 17, 2:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland, Sumter62 min

Nearby

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