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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

March 25, 2013Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2013, 12:41 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 25, 2013, 8:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2013, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2013, 8:42 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2013, 8:32 AM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 Mar 25, 10:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 10:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 2:58 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	11 hr
Mar 25, 12:52 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013 Every 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.