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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Columbia, SC

August 19, 2013Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 12:14 AM EDT for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 19, 2013, 12:39 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2013, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2013, 12:39 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 20, 2013, 6:12 PM EDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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 Stevens Creek near Modoc (MODS1). The gauge peaked at 28.59 ft at Aug 19, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02196000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Aug 18, 10:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 10:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEFairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda2 hr
Aug 18, 11:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEEdgefield, McCormick3 hr
Aug 19, 5:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland119 min
Aug 19, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEOrangeburg64 hr
Aug 19, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Orangeburg54 min
Aug 19, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg118 min
Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBamberg, Barnwell53 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.