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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

April 24, 2018Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2018, 10:33 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 24, 2018, 10:06 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2018, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 24, 2018, 10:06 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2018, 10:10 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 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 Congaree River at Carolina Eastman (CEAS1).

Action stage
114 ft
Minor stage
115 ft
Moderate stage
119 ft
Major stage
126 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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
Apr 24, 10:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Richland5 days
Apr 24, 10:51 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland3 days
Apr 23, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEBurke45 min
Apr 23, 8:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBurke119 min
Apr 23, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcDuffie44 min

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.