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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Columbia, SC

February 11, 2020Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2020, 10:40 AM EST for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 11, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2020, 10:40 AM EST (15:40 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
In force
54 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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 N. Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg (ORBS1).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02173500, 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
Feb 10, 7:08 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryCAELexington, Richland7 days
Feb 11, 6:33 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 11 more12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.