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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Columbia, SC

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

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 10:27 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 3, 2014, 6:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2014, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2014, 6:40 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 5, 2014, 10:34 AM EDT
In force
52 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 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 10:32 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland48 hr
Aug 3, 9:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon83 min

Nearby

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