Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 49, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 29, 2018, 4:06 AM EST for Chesterfield County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 29, 2018, 11:19 AM EST. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2018, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2018, 11:19 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2019, 7:29 AM EST
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 Pee Dee River at Cheraw (CHES1). The gauge peaked at 33.92 ft at Dec 30, 2018, 12:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 36 ft
- Major stage
- 42 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02130000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.