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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Columbia, SC

December 22, 2018Newberry County, Union County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2018, 9:27 PM EST for Newberry County, Union County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 22, 2018, 10:06 PM EST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2018, 9:27 PM EST (02:27 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2018, 10:06 PM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2018, 3:40 PM EST
In force
42 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 02:31 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 25.23 ft at Dec 23, 2018, 5:00 AM EST.

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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.

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.