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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Columbia, SC

August 29, 2023Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 29, 2023, 4:03 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 31, 2023, 12:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2023, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 31, 2023, 12:30 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 1, 2023, 10:51 AM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point N. Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg (ORBS1). The gauge peaked at 7.83 ft at Sep 1, 2023, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02173500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 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
Aug 28, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell	117 min
Aug 29, 10:53 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	39 hr
Aug 29, 11:02 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw and 5 more	24 hr
Aug 29, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	60 min
Aug 29, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	29 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.