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Flood Watch 5, NWS Columbia, SC

August 4, 202411 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flood watch at Aug 4, 2024, 3:49 AM EDT for 11 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 4, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2024, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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 Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT, 13 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT, 13 hours 15 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 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	40 min
Aug 4, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington	2 hr
Aug 4, 5:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington	98 min
Aug 4, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	37 min
Aug 4, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	24 min

Nearby

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.