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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2020, 9:32 AM EST for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 4, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2020, 9:32 AM EST (14:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2020, 10:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 days
- 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 14:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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). The gauge peaked at 8.87 ft at Mar 6, 2020, 9:00 PM EST.
- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lancaster, Newberry | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry, Richland | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 2:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 2:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 5:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 32 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.