Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina; Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 111 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Augusta, GA | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF OLIVE ROAD |
| Jun 24, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Augusta, GA | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT WRIGHTSBORO ROAD AND JACKSON ROAD |
| Jun 24, 9:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Augusta, GA | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT BROAD STREET AND 4TH STREET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036
WGUS52 KCAE 250024
FFWCAE
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-250215-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0006.140625T0024Z-140625T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...
BELVEDERE...
SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARTINEZ...GROVETOWN...EVANS...
RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT GORDON...AUGUSTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARLEM...AUGUSTA...NORTH AUGUSTA...AND MARTINEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV OR EMAIL US
AT CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 8233 3361 8215 3359 8213 3362 8210
3363 8196 3357 8190 3349 8185 3340 8184
3329 8216 3330 8218 3327 8228 3334 8231
3336 8230 3341 8234
$$1 follow-up statement
134
WGUS72 KCAE 250105
FFSCAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
905 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
GAC073-245-SCC003-037-250215-
/O.CON.KCAE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140625T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHMOND GA-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-AIKEN SC-
905 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
AIKEN...EDGEFIELD...COLUMBIA AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...
AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AUGUSTA...MARTINEZ...EVANS...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER AND
BELVEDERE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA...BUT
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1015 PM. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV OR EMAIL US
AT CAEWX@NOAA.GOV
TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 8233 3361 8215 3359 8213 3362 8210
3363 8196 3357 8190 3349 8185 3340 8184
3329 8216 3330 8218 3327 8228 3334 8231
3336 8230 3341 8234
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 9:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 116 min |
| Jun 24, 11:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.