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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Columbia, SC

May 19, 2020Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2020, 9:50 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 21, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2020, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2020, 8:18 AM EDT
In force
16 days
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 Lake Wateree (WATS1).

Action stage
99 ft
Minor stage
100 ft
Moderate stage
102 ft
Major stage
105 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEKershaw38 hr
May 19, 9:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAENewberry, Union4 days
May 19, 10:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter119 min
May 20, 6:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland29 hr
May 20, 11:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter114 min
May 20, 11:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Sumter117 min
May 20, 1:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEChesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Sumter3 hr
May 20, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAELancaster115 min

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.