FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 511 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
BAMBERG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DENMARK...BAMBERG...
BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BARNWELL...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST COLUMBIA...SPRINGDALE...RED
BANK...OAK GROVE...LEXINGTON...CAYCE...
ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODFIELDS...ST. ANDREWS...IRMO...
FOREST ACRES...DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...INCLUDING THE FIVE POINTS
DISTRICT
* UNTIL 700 PM EST
* AT 506 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES
IN THE LAST 3 HOURS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT AROUND ONE
INCH ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN
ADDITION TO RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY WILL CAUSE RAPID
RISES OF LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 800, 7
7 5, 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3310 8118 3312 8119 3315 8154 3355 8130
3364 8119 3367 8122 3376 8117 3404 8142
3423 8106 3423 8103 3400 8077 3307 8101
$$
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 247 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN
* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 1 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 106.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND CREST AROUND 116.1 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY.
$$
FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 449 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NORTH AUGUSTA...CLEARWATER...
BELVEDERE...AIKEN...
LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BATESBURG...
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 441 PM EST...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF AIKEN AND
WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY HAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN
SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING ON ROADS AND MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA AND RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND
CREEKS. EXPECT AT LEAST ANOTHER HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN THE
NEXT 2 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 800, 7
7 5, 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3343 8193 3346 8192 3348 8197 3353 8200
3367 8185 3388 8156 3397 8152 3403 8146
3375 8118 3324 8177
$$
TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 206 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
TORNADO WATCH 789 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
SCC003-005-009-011-013-015-017-019-027-029-035-037-049-053-055-
061-063-065-075-079-081-085-030200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0789.091202T1910Z-091203T0200Z/
SC
. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AIKEN ALLENDALE BAMBERG
BARNWELL BEAUFORT BERKELEY
CALHOUN CHARLESTON CLARENDON
COLLETON DORCHESTER EDGEFIELD
HAMPTON JASPER KERSHAW
LEE LEXINGTON MCCORMICK
ORANGEBURG RICHLAND SALUDA
SUMTER
$$
LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 152 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP
TO 30 KNOTS...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ON AREA LAKES. EVEN
HIGHER WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE
ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
$$
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