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River Flood Advisory 24, NWS Columbia, SC

May 23, 2020Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at May 23, 2020, 11:44 AM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 11:44 AM EDT (15:44 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT
In force: 48 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 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Columbia (COLS1). The gauge peaked at 19.96 ft at May 23, 2020, 6:00 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at May 23, 10:47 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 10:47 AM EDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 5:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 9:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	43 hr
May 22, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	27 min
May 22, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	25 min
May 22, 11:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Bamberg	34 min
May 23, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington	42 min
May 23, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	38 min
May 23, 12:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	49 min
May 23, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more	53 min
May 23, 1:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	2 hr
May 23, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	50 min
May 23, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	44 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.