Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2015, 12:34 AM EDT for Columbia County, Lincoln County, McDuffie County, Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 116 min. 3 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 4, 2015, 12:34 AM EDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2015, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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, 1:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gilbert, SC | LEXINGTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND ROADWAY FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF GILBERT. |
| Jun 4, 1:16 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Gilbert, SC | SC HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED ROADWAY FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CALKS FERRY ROAD AND FOX BRANCH ROAD. |
| Jun 4, 2:25 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Martinez, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED ROADWAY FLOODING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA IN MARTINEZ GA. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
998
WGUS52 KCAE 040434
FFWCAE
GAC073-181-189-SCC003-037-063-065-081-040630-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0005.150604T0434Z-150604T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1234 AM EDT THU JUN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCORMICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN SALUDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 1232 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP FROM THE CSRA TO LEXINGTON COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3
INCHES IN A FEW AREAS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH AUGUSTA...LEXINGTON...CAYCE...EVANS...THOMSON...SPRINGDALE...
BATESBURG...MARTINEZ...RED BANK...BATESBURG-LEESVILLE...
EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SOUTH CONGAREE...PINE RIDGE...RIDGE
SPRING...LEESVILLE...GILBERT...DEARING...SUMMIT AND MONETTA.
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 3366 8251 3365 8249 3366 8249 3408 8142
3407 8139 3409 8139 3411 8133 3387 8106
3336 8253 3358 8264 3360 8264
$$
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 | Columbia, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 116 min |
| Jun 3, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 11:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 3 hr |
| 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, 3:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 4 more | 119 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.