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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at May 2, 2020, 11:18 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2020, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2020, 9:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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 Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 13.88 ft at May 2, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169500, 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.