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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC

September 28, 2016Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Sep 28, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 28, 2016, 6:07 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2016, 6:07 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 29, 2016, 10:34 PM EDT
In force: 28 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 20:00 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 21.68 ft at Sep 28, 2016, 11:00 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 Sep 28, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 5:16 AM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 3:42 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 11 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
Sep 27, 11:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	3 hr
Sep 28, 2:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	3 hr
Sep 28, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Sumter	26 min
Sep 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	28 min
Sep 28, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	57 min
Sep 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	30 min
Sep 28, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	55 min
Sep 28, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	31 min
Sep 28, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	25 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.