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River Flood Advisory 29, NWS Columbia, SC

September 16, 2020Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood advisory at Sep 16, 2020, 11:22 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2020, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2020, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
46 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 03:24 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 10.25 ft at Sep 17, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT.

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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 Sep 16, 10:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 10:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 7:56 AM EDTTornado WarningCAERichland, Sumter34 min
Sep 17, 8:09 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCAECalhoun, Richland, Sumter21 min
Sep 17, 8:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEAiken, Edgefield, McCormick3 hr
Sep 17, 9:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda3 hr
Sep 17, 9:33 AM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Orangeburg27 min
Sep 17, 9:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Richland35 hr
Sep 17, 9:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Richland3 days
Sep 17, 9:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick12 hr
Sep 17, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg45 min
Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEBamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter3 hr
Sep 17, 10:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw and 6 more3 hr
Sep 17, 10:44 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter46 min
Sep 17, 11:01 AM EDTTornado WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter29 min
Sep 17, 11:27 AM EDTTornado WarningCAELee, Sumter48 min
Sep 17, 11:44 AM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter46 min
Sep 17, 12:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEClarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter3 hr
Sep 17, 12:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter33 min
Sep 17, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg36 min
Sep 17, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCAESumter49 min
Sep 17, 1:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter3 hr
Sep 17, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELee, Sumter23 min
Sep 17, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon40 min
Sep 17, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEClarendon, Sumter28 min
Sep 17, 3:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAEClarendon, Lee, Sumter3 hr
Sep 17, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter60 min
Sep 17, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAEClarendon22 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.