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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2013, 9:43 AM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 19, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 58 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2013, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point N. Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg (ORBS1).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 10 ft
- Major stage
- 11.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02173500, 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 19, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 354 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-200800- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 354 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THE ACTIVITY...POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 42 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 119 min |
| Aug 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 118 min |
| Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 53 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.