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Flood Watch 9, NWS Columbia, SC

November 6, 20246 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flood watch at Nov 6, 2024, 3:08 AM EST for 6 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 6, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2024, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 6, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 7, 2024, 11:18 AM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Flood severity
None

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, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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 Nov 6, 2:08 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 2:08 AM EST, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 7:16 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCAEFairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and 1 more104 min
Nov 6, 5:26 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEAiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg3 hr
Nov 6, 6:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCAEAiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg3 hr
Nov 6, 6:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland3 hr

Nearby

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