Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Advisories in 2018
River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at May 28, 2018, 10:43 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2018, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2018, 10:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 river
Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 12.43 ft at May 31, 2018, 3:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 28, 10:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:13 AM EDT, 18 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Columbia SC 413 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-290815- Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Lancaster-Chesterfield- McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington- Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon- Bamberg- 413 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. A brief, isolated tornado is possible through tonight, with the greatest threat across the central and southern Midlands and Central Savannah River Area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A brief, isolated tornado threat exists Tuesday and Tuesday night as Alberto passes well to the west. .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 29, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 26 min |
| May 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 20 min |
| May 29, 6:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Saluda | 82 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.