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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC

July 5, 2013Calhoun County, Richland County, Sumter County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 3:18 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Richland County, Sumter County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 5, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2013, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2013, 9:23 PM EDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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 Congaree National Park (GADS1). The gauge peaked at 17.18 ft at Jul 9, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169625, 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
Jul 5, 10:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEGreenwood, Newberry, Saluda59 hr
Jul 5, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland119 min
Jul 5, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEEdgefield50 min
Jul 5, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEAiken, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda56 min
Jul 5, 2:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland83 min
Jul 5, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 4 more111 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAERichland63 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland2 hr
Jul 5, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield, Lancaster52 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Richland2 hr
Jul 5, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEKershaw, Lee, Sumter114 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg54 min
Jul 5, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland61 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.