Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2015, 11:54 AM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 4, 2015, 5:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2015, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2015, 5:48 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2015, 3:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 31.67 ft at Oct 4, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:53 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 48 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 6 days |
| Oct 3, 7:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 4 days |
| Oct 3, 9:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 109 min |
| Oct 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 2 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon | 114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.