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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Columbia, SC

May 26, 2017Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 26, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 29, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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 Lake Wateree (WATS1).

Action stage
99 ft
Minor stage
100 ft
Moderate stage
102 ft
Major stage
105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.