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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Columbia, SC

September 17, 2018Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Sep 17, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 17, 2018, 9:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2018, 9:12 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2018, 12:11 PM EDT
In force
39 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 14:51 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 1:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee9 hr
Sep 17, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEKershaw, Richland38 min
Sep 17, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield, Kershaw51 min
Sep 17, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELexington30 min
Sep 17, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAECalhoun30 min
Sep 17, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon23 min
Sep 17, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAESumter34 min
Sep 17, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon, Lee, Sumter62 min
Sep 17, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEOrangeburg46 min
Sep 17, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon53 min
Sep 17, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon62 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2018Every river flood warning 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.