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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Columbia, SC

October 10, 201515 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood watch at Oct 10, 2015, 4:07 AM EDT for 15 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 10, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2015, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 10, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 11, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity
None

Counties Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2015-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2015-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 7:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland2 hr
Oct 10, 8:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAERichland85 min
Oct 10, 9:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter2 hr
Oct 10, 10:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield116 min
Oct 10, 10:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCAEAiken, Lexington, Richland118 min
Oct 10, 11:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter3 hr
Oct 10, 3:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland4 days
Oct 10, 4:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry and 3 more3 hr
Oct 10, 5:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAELexington3 hr
Oct 10, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington46 min
Oct 10, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Sumter3 hr
Oct 10, 6:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEAiken, Lexington3 hr
Oct 10, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter3 hr
Oct 10, 7:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.