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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Columbia, SC

May 6, 2013Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2013, 2:40 AM EDT for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2013, 2:40 AM EDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2013, 12:47 PM EDT
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Greenwood County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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 Saluda River at Chappells (CHAS1). The gauge peaked at 18.66 ft at May 7, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02167000, 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
May 6, 3:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland4 days
May 6, 3:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland6 days
May 6, 3:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Richland, Sumter6 days

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.