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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2020, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 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 13:17 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 44 min |
| May 28, 8:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 33 min |
| May 29, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Sumter | 16 hr |
| May 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 3 hr |
| May 29, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Kershaw, Richland, Sumter | 48 min |
| May 29, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 36 min |
| May 29, 12:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 35 min |
| May 29, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 2 hr |
| May 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon | 2 hr |
| May 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Clarendon, Lee, Sumter | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Saluda | 42 min |
| May 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 37 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 31 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.