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Areal Flood Advisory 68, NWS Columbia, SC

August 22, 2021Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 22, 2021, 1:21 AM EDT for Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2021, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 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 Aug 21, 8:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:41 AM EDT, 21 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
341 AM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115-
116-135>137-220745-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick-
Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland-Lee-
Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg-Northern Lancaster-
Southern Lancaster-Northwestern Orangeburg-Central Orangeburg-
Southeastern Orangeburg-
341 AM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 11:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	110 min
Aug 22, 12:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Richland	2 hr
Aug 22, 1:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw	2 hr
Aug 22, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland	118 min
Aug 22, 1:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	CAE	Lexington	119 min
Aug 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Saluda	117 min
Aug 22, 2:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	3 hr
Aug 22, 3:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	CAE	Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	111 min
Aug 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	103 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.