Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Advisories in 2018
River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at Oct 11, 2018, 12:25 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2018, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 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 16:24 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 Congaree River at Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 14.83 ft at Oct 13, 2018, 2:00 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 11:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Oct 10, 11:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland | 21 min |
| Oct 11, 2:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 114 min |
| Oct 11, 2:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg, Richland | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 23 min |
| Oct 11, 4:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 114 min |
| Oct 11, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 5:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 6:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 57 min |
| Oct 11, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 114 min |
| Oct 11, 2:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 5 days |
| Oct 11, 3:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 4 days |
| Oct 11, 3:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 4 days |
| Oct 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2018Every river flood advisory in 2018
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.