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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC

May 27, 2020Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood warning at May 27, 2020, 8:19 PM EDT for Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2020, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2020, 8:51 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEChesterfield, Marlboro5 days
May 28, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEKershaw3 days
May 28, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELee51 min
May 28, 2:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELancaster3 hr
May 28, 4:19 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEGreenwood, Newberry, Saluda25 hr
May 28, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick29 min
May 28, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAELancaster48 min
May 28, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEMcCormick26 min
May 28, 6:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster3 hr
May 28, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEChesterfield35 min
May 28, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEChesterfield38 min

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.