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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 5, 2025, 10:08 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 6, 2025, 10:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2025, 10:08 AM EDT (14:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2025, 10:55 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2025, 5:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Congaree River at Carolina Eastman (CEAS1).
- Action stage
- 114 ft
- Minor stage
- 115 ft
- Moderate stage
- 119 ft
- Major stage
- 126 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | McCormick | 114 min |
| Aug 5, 6:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | McCormick | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Richland | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland | 114 min |
| Aug 5, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 48 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 4 days |
| Aug 5, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 3 days |
| Aug 5, 10:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 16 min |
| Aug 5, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 11:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Sumter | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Sumter | 116 min |
| Aug 5, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 12:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda | 49 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg | 111 min |
| Aug 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke | 38 min |
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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.