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Flood Watch 2, NWS Columbia, SC

February 11, 202418 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flood watch at Feb 11, 2024, 10:44 AM EST for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 11, 2024, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2024, 10:44 AM EST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2024, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2024, 8:01 PM EST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity: None

All 23 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Feb 11, 6:39 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:39 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2024 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2024 Every flood watch 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.