Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2017, 1:48 PM EDT for McCormick County, South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 22, 2017, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
730
WGUS52 KCAE 221748
FFWCAE
GAC181-SCC065-222045-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0007.170522T1748Z-170522T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
148 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Lincoln County in east central Georgia...
McCormick County in central South Carolina...
* Until 445 PM EDT
* At 147 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...
McCormick, Lincolnton, Parksville, Plum Branch, Willington, Mount
Carmel and Modoc.
LAT...LON 3398 8265 3397 8263 3398 8261 3396 8257
3401 8259 3406 8233 3397 8230 3401 8225
3394 8215 3371 8218 3367 8250 3379 8258
3383 8259 3386 8257 3387 8258 3386 8261
$$
RJO2 follow-up statements
745
WGUS72 KCAE 221814
FFSCAE
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
214 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017
GAC181-SCC065-222045-
/O.CON.KCAE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170522T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln GA-McCormick SC-
214 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
LINCOLN AND MCCORMICK COUNTIES...
At 214 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin
shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
McCormick, Lincolnton, Parksville, Plum Branch, Willington, Mount
Carmel and Modoc.
LAT...LON 3398 8265 3397 8263 3398 8261 3396 8257
3401 8259 3406 8233 3397 8230 3401 8225
3394 8215 3371 8218 3367 8250 3379 8258
3383 8259 3386 8257 3387 8258 3386 8261
$$
RJO751
WGUS72 KCAE 221931
FFSCAE
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
331 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017
GAC181-SCC065-221940-
/O.CAN.KCAE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170522T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln GA-McCormick SC-
331 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN AND MCCORMICK COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any remaining road closures. A Flash Flood Watch remains in
effect.
LAT...LON 3398 8265 3397 8263 3398 8261 3396 8257
3401 8259 3406 8233 3397 8230 3401 8225
3394 8215 3371 8218 3367 8250 3379 8258
3383 8259 3386 8257 3387 8258 3386 8261
$$
RJOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 58 hr |
| May 22, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, Saluda | 5 hr |
| May 22, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 64 min |
| May 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 26 min |
| May 22, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Saluda | 117 min |
| May 22, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Sumter | 38 min |
| May 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 40 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 113 min |
| May 22, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke | 25 min |
| May 22, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 23 min |
| May 22, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 24 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.