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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Columbia, SC

February 28, 2020Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2020, 10:15 AM EST for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 28, 2020, 8:38 PM EST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2020, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2020, 8:38 PM EST
Expired
Mar 1, 2020, 10:16 PM EST
In force
50 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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 Carolina Eastman (CEAS1).

Action stage
114 ft
Minor stage
115 ft
Moderate stage
119 ft
Major stage
126 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.