Flood Advisory
NWS Columbia SC ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 715 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Eastern Fairfield County in central South Carolina...
When
Until 715 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 518 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Winnsboro, Lake Wateree State Park, Longtown, Ridgeway, Smallwood, Winnsboro Mills, Mitford, Fairfield County Detention Center and Fairfield Elementary School. - This includes Interstate 77 between mile markers 31 and 49. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don't drown.
Affected areas
- Fairfield County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Columbia SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35FR1DYEA1CGT0ZDAC61AN1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6e0bdf088e3c29b2e243c83e6ff63485f1356ff8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Columbia SC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPCAE
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5510
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSCAE |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KCAE 222118 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KCAE.FA.Y.0104.260922T2118Z-260922T2315Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T19:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fairfield County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045039 |
| UGC | SCC039 |
- Polygons
- 34.42,-80.84 34.39,-80.83 34.27,-80.85 34.25,-80.98 34.3,-81.06 34.32,-81.07 34.35,-81.11 34.44,-81.1 34.53,-81.0 34.55,-80.99 34.54,-80.88 34.53,-80.88 34.5,-80.88 34.49,-80.89 34.49,-80.9 34.47,-80.89 34.42,-80.84