FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 628 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 6 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO CREST AT 16.6 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT
TOMORROW.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* AT 16.0 FEET...OLD STATE ROAD ( SC 66) BELOW CAYCE BECOMES FLOODED.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 653 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR THE AREA
NEAR TREZESVANTS LANDING ON THE SANTEE RIVER...
THE STAGE AT TREZESVANTS LANDING ON THE SANTEE RIVER WAS 81.1 FEET
AT 500 PM FRIDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 80 FEET. RISING STAGES WILL OCCUR
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3372 8059 3372 8061 3374 8064 3376 8062
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 608 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 120.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 121.7 FEET BY
TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 121.7
FEET ON FEB 17 1997.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 851 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT SANDY RUN
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 8 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CREST AROUND 23.8 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY DECEMBER 28.
* AT 24.0 FEET...SEVERAL HOMES IN THE SANDY RUN SUBDIVISION ALONG THE
RIVER BECOME FLOODED.
* THIS STAGE COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.9 FEET
WHICH OCCURRED ON MAR 31 2005.
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