Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2020
River Flood Warning 27, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2020, 5:29 AM EST for Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2020, 5:29 AM EST (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2020, 8:33 AM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 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 Stevens Creek near Modoc (MODS1). The gauge peaked at 19.41 ft at Feb 21, 2020, 8:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 19 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 35 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02196000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:26 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 4 days |
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.