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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Columbia, SC

December 20, 2018Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2018, 2:58 PM EST for Greenwood County, Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 5:18 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2018, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2018, 5:18 PM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2018, 8:01 AM EST
In force
4 days
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 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 Dec 20, 2:37 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:37 PM EST, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 3:57 AM EST, 11 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
357 AM EST Thu Dec 20 2018

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>030-210900-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Lancaster-Chesterfield-
McCormick-Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-
Richland-Lee-Aiken-
357 AM EST Thu Dec 20 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Periods of moderate to heavy rain also possible which may
result in minor flooding of typical low lying and poor drainage
areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Breezy conditions are expected to develop on Friday and a Lake Wind
Advisory may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SCZ031-035>038-041-210900-
Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg-
357 AM EST Thu Dec 20 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A marginal severe threat is possible this afternoon with damaging
wind gusts being the primary threat but also a non-zero tornado
threat. Periods of moderate to heavy rain also possible which may
result in minor flooding of typical low lying and poor drainage
areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Breezy conditions are expected to develop on Friday and a Lake Wind
Advisory may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 2:38 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more37 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.