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River Flood Advisory 8, NWS Columbia, SC

August 2, 2014Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at Aug 2, 2014, 10:32 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2014, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2014, 10:28 PM EDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 Congaree River at Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 10.03 ft at Aug 3, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169500, 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
Aug 2, 10:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland60 hr
Aug 3, 9:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon83 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2014Every river flood advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.