Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 11:42 PM EDT for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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 3, 2015, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2015, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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 4, 12:01 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Silverstreet, SC | NEWBERRY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED ROADWAY FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ISLAND FORD ROAD AND SANDY RUN CREEK ROAD. |
| Jun 4, 12:01 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wnw Saluda, SC | SALUDA COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS FLOODING ON FRUITHILL ROAD AT US HIGHWAY 178. |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427
WGUS52 KCAE 040342
FFWCAE
SCC071-081-040645-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0003.150604T0342Z-150604T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1142 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT
* AT 1140 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND
OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM AROUND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN
SALUDA AND SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY. A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWBERRY...SALUDA...PROSPERITY...LAKE GREENWOOD...LITTLE
MOUNTAIN...SILVERSTREET...CHAPPELLS AND KINARDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...ALSO USE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSCOLUMBIA AND EMAIL
CAEWX@NOAA.GOV TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 8195 3409 8192 3413 8187 3415 8190
3419 8192 3420 8194 3425 8191 3430 8190
3437 8178 3420 8142 3388 8159 3394 8171
3400 8199
$$
AWP1 follow-up statement
399
WGUS72 KCAE 040634
FFSCAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
234 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2015
SCC071-081-040643-
/O.CAN.KCAE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150604T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SALUDA SC-NEWBERRY SC-
234 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SALUDA AND SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. RAINFALL IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3404 8195 3409 8192 3413 8187 3415 8190
3419 8192 3420 8194 3425 8191 3430 8190
3437 8178 3420 8142 3388 8159 3394 8171
3400 8199
$$
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 11:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Saluda | 116 min |
| Jun 4, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 4 more | 119 min |
| Jun 4, 3:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington and 4 more | 116 min |
Nearby
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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.