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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Oct 10, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 10, 2015, 9:29 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2015, 9:29 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2015, 9:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 river
Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Carolina Eastman (CEAS1).
- Action stage
- 114 ft
- Minor stage
- 115 ft
- Moderate stage
- 119 ft
- Major stage
- 126 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 10, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 9 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 2 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 85 min |
| Oct 10, 9:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield | 116 min |
| Oct 10, 10:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Richland | 118 min |
| Oct 10, 11:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 46 min |
| Oct 10, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 3 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.