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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 12, 2025, 1:22 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Richland County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 12, 2025, 11:31 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2025, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2025, 11:31 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Congaree National Park (GADS1). The gauge peaked at 17.16 ft at Aug 14, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02169625, 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 11, 8:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 114 min |
| Aug 12, 7:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 4 days |
| Aug 12, 1:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 3 days |
| Aug 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | McCormick | 3 hr |
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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.