Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2017, 9:19 AM EDT for Chesterfield County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 25, 2017, 7:32 PM EDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2017, 9:19 AM EDT (13:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2017, 7:32 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 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 Pee Dee River at Cheraw (CHES1).
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 36 ft
- Major stage
- 42 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02130000, 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 May 24, 7:09 PM EDT, 14 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:09 PM EDT, 14 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 6:00 PM EDT, 15 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Columbia SC 600 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 GAZ063>065-077-SCZ016-022-025-027>031-035>038-041-252200- McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-Kershaw-Edgefield- Lexington-Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun- Clarendon-Bamberg- 600 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 263 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A few of these thunderstorms could become strong and be capable of producing tornadoes and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GAZ040-SCZ015-018-020-021-026-252200- Lincoln-Lancaster-McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Saluda- 600 PM EDT Wed May 24 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 262 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A few of these thunderstorms could become strong and be capable of producing tornadoes and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 36 min |
| May 24, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 44 min |
| May 25, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 30 min |
| May 25, 12:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 28 min |
| May 25, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 34 min |
| May 25, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 48 min |
| May 24, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 25 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 27 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2017Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.