FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 942 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING
AND CREST AROUND 14.6 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 14.0 FEET...LOWLANDS AROUND AND DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPPELLS BECOME
FLOODED. CATTLE GRAZING RIVER BOTTOMLAND SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER
GROUND.
* THIS STAGE COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.7 FEET
WHICH OCCURRED ON NOV 12 2009.
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MOORE
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