Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2017, 5:22 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2017, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Orangeburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 23 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell | 111 min |
| Apr 23, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 11:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 115 min |
| Apr 24, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 115 min |
| Apr 24, 1:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 2:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 6:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 118 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 9:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 10:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 6 days |
| Apr 24, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 5 days |
| Apr 24, 11:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 118 min |
| Apr 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Orangeburg | 117 min |
| Apr 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 9:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Burke | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.