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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2018, 12:17 PM EST for Newberry County, Union County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 10, 2018, 12:20 AM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2018, 12:17 PM EST (17:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2018, 12:20 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Newberry County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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 Enoree River at Whitmire (WHMS1). The gauge peaked at 25.41 ft at Dec 10, 2018, 10:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02160700, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 8:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 60 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 31 days |
| Dec 9, 3:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 32 days |
| Dec 9, 9:32 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 4 days |
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.