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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Columbia, SC

May 29, 2017Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2017, 7:48 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2017, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2017-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

350 
WGUS52 KCAE 292348
FFWCAE
SCC063-079-300045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0010.170529T2348Z-170530T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
748 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East central Lexington County in central South Carolina...
  Central Richland County in central South Carolina...

* Until 845 PM EDT

* At 747 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Columbia, West Columbia, Cayce, Forest Acres, Springdale, St.
  Andrews, Pine Ridge and Five Points.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of the Five
Points area extending downstream along Rocky Branch Creek.  This
includes the areas of Maxcy Gregg Park, areas of USC along the creek,
intersection at Pickens and Blossom, intersection at Whaley and Main
and areas of the Olympia neighborhood along the creek.

Report flooding to local law enforcement. Send reports by Facebook or
Twitter to NWSColumbia, e-mail us at caewx@noaa.gov or call 803-234-
4115.

&&

LAT...LON 3392 8110 3404 8110 3404 8096 3393 8096

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Sumter42 min
May 28, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter31 min
May 29, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick63 min
May 29, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick54 min
May 29, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcCormick64 min
May 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick55 min
May 29, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington52 min
May 29, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda63 min
May 29, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda60 min
May 29, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick59 min
May 29, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Richland65 min
May 29, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland, Saluda64 min
May 29, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter28 min
May 29, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEKershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter53 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.