FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 417 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 4 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST AROUND 16 FEET SUNDAY
* AT 16 FEET...OLD STATE ROAD ( SC 66) BELOW CAYCE BECOMES FLOODED.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 654 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 111.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING
AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 118.9 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING.
* 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 118.8
FEET ON DEC 12 2004.
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