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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Columbia, SC

December 8, 2018Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2018, 8:39 PM EST for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 12:17 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2018, 8:39 PM EST (01:39 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2018, 12:17 PM EST
Expired
Dec 11, 2018, 8:48 AM EST
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 Stevens Creek near Modoc (MODS1). The gauge peaked at 24.97 ft at Dec 10, 2018, 12:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02196000, 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
Dec 9, 3:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland31 days
Dec 9, 3:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Richland32 days
Dec 9, 9:32 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland4 days
Dec 9, 12:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAENewberry, Union55 hr

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.