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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC

September 24, 2015Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2015, 1:14 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 91 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2015, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Richland County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 24, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 11:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 3:22 AM EDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 24, 12:58 PM EDT, 16 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
Sep 24, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	77 min
Sep 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington and 3 more	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015 Every flash flood warning in 2015

Sources

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