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Areal Flood Advisory 36, NWS Columbia, SC

July 19, 2021Calhoun County, Clarendon County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 19, 2021, 8:14 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Clarendon County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2021, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:52 AM EDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Lexington, Richland, Saluda	3 hr
Jul 19, 11:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	111 min
Jul 20, 9:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richmond	61 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2021 Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.