Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2016
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 7, 2016, 7:51 PM EST for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 8, 2016, 12:21 AM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2016, 7:51 PM EST (00:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2016, 12:21 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2016, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 60 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 00:57 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 Saluda River at Chappells (CHAS1). The gauge peaked at 14.77 ft at Jan 8, 2016, 9:00 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.
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.