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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Columbia, SC

January 4, 2019Chesterfield County, Marlboro County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 4, 2019, 12:39 PM EST for Chesterfield County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 5, 2019, 1:49 AM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2019, 12:39 PM EST (17:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2019, 1:49 AM EST
Expired
Jan 6, 2019, 8:39 PM EST
In force
43 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 17:43 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 32.00 ft at Jan 6, 2019, 1:00 AM EST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 11:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAEGreenwood, Newberry, Saluda4 days
Jan 4, 12:41 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more24 hr
Jan 4, 3:44 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland4 days
Jan 4, 4:38 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.