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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Nov 2, 2015, 12:57 PM EST for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It took effect at Nov 2, 2015, 3:18 PM EST. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2015, 12:57 PM EST (17:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2015, 3:18 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2015, 10:33 AM EST
- In force
- 67 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Greenwood County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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 Saluda River at Chappells (CHAS1). The gauge peaked at 24.60 ft at Nov 3, 2015, 11:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02167000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 4:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Newberry, Union | 3 days |
| Nov 2, 9:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Union | 13 days |
| Nov 2, 10:41 AM EST | Flood Watch | CAE | Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, McCormick, Newberry and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:26 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 48 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:57 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, McCormick, Newberry and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 4 days |
| Nov 2, 3:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 3 days |
| Nov 2, 4:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry, Saluda | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.