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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

June 3, 2015Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 9:09 AM EDT for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jun 3, 2015, 12:31 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2015, 9:09 AM EDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2015, 12:31 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2015, 2:36 AM EDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stevens Creek near Modoc (MODS1). The gauge peaked at 20.41 ft at Jun 3, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02196000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	43 min
Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	2 hr
Jun 2, 10:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Richland	55 min
Jun 3, 12:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	2 hr
Jun 3, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	38 min
Jun 3, 2:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	115 min
Jun 3, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	61 min
Jun 3, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	38 min
Jun 3, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	61 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015 Every 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.