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Areal Flood Advisory 93, NWS Columbia, SC

October 8, 2021Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 8, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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 Oct 8, 8:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 8:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 12:08 PM EDT, 37 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
Oct 8, 5:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick	6 hr
Oct 8, 4:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CAE	Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda	61 hr
Oct 8, 7:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie	2 hr

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.