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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Columbia, SC

November 6, 2024Aiken County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Nov 6, 2024, 6:13 PM EST for Aiken County, Barnwell County, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 6, 2024, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2024, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Nov 6, 3:01 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:01 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 6:11 PM EST, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Columbia SC
611 PM EST Wed Nov 6 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0554 PM     Flood            1 SSE Aiken             33.53N 81.72W
11/06/2024                   Aiken              SC   911 Call Center

            Aiken County dispatch reported flood
            barriers are up on Price Avenue between
            Whiskey Road and Two Notch Road.

0554 PM     Flood            1 NE Aiken              33.55N 81.72W
11/06/2024                   Aiken              SC   911 Call Center

            Aiken County dispatch reported water on the
            road at the intersection of Whiskey Road and
            Meade Avenue.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 3:08 AM EST	Flood Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Orangeburg	32 hr
Nov 6, 7:16 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more	104 min
Nov 6, 5:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg	3 hr
Nov 6, 6:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.