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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Columbia, SC

August 1, 2026Richland County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT for Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Richland County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:49 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT, 3 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 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	34 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	30 min
Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield	31 min
Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster	31 min
Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	4 hr
Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Aiken	50 min
Aug 1, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	41 min
Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Richland	24 min
Aug 1, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	26 min
Aug 1, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	48 min
Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Barnwell	5 hr
Aug 1, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Calhoun	33 min
Aug 1, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	33 min
Aug 1, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Barnwell	31 min
Aug 1, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Orangeburg, Richland	42 min
Aug 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Sumter	4 hr
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	4 hr
Aug 1, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Richland, Sumter	4 hr
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Sumter	4 hr
Aug 1, 7:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	2 hr
Aug 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke, Richmond	25 min
Aug 1, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Burke	41 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Burke	2 hr

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Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2026 Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.