FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 906 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 8 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO CREST AT 12.1 FEET EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* AT 14.0 FEET...EVACUATION ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SWAMPLAND
DOWNSTREAM FROM COLUMBIA BECOME FLOODED.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 608 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 5 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 111.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND
CREST AROUND 119.4 FEET EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
* AT 119.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS IN THE CONGAREE NATIONAL
PARK. SOME AREA FARMLAND IS FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AT THE
CAROLINA EASTMAN FACILITY.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 119.4
FEET ON JUL 10 2005.
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