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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Columbia, SC

May 31, 2018Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2018, 10:22 AM EDT for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 31, 2018, 1:55 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2018, 10:22 AM EDT (14:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2018, 1:55 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2018, 3:56 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greenwood County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saluda River at Chappells (CHAS1).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02167000, 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 31, 5:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 10:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 days
May 30, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	5 days
May 31, 3:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	6 days
May 31, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	40 min
May 31, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	50 min
May 31, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield, Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	51 min
May 31, 7:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lancaster	3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.