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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Columbia, SC

September 25, 2015Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2015, 11:56 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 109 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 25, 2015, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2015, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 7:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 7:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 5:35 AM EDT, 18 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
535 AM EDT FRI SEP 25 2015

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-260945-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
535 AM EDT FRI SEP 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ON THURSDAY...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE
FLOODING AGAIN TODAY IN AREAS WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS SLOW
MOVING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 25, 6:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 11:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEKershaw, Richland119 min
Sep 26, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAERichland3 hr

Nearby

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

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.