FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 435 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 100 PM EST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA...
CONGAREE RIVER AT SANDY RUN AFFECTING CALHOUN AND RICHLAND COUNTIES
CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN AFFECTING CALHOUN...LEXINGTON AND
RICHLAND COUNTIES
SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS AFFECTING GREENWOOD...NEWBERRY AND
SALUDA COUNTIES
.ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 MONTHS AND REPEATED HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENTS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE ELEVATED THE
CONGAREE AND SALUDA RIVER LEVELS CAUSING FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO
PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
LOCAL MEDIA OR THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED
FORECASTS.
SCC017-079-112135-
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/SANS1.1.ER.091211T2000Z.091212T0000Z.091212T1800Z.NO/
435 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT SANDY RUN.
* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 4 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AND CREST AROUND 23.2 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY DECEMBER 12.
* AT 23.0 FEET...THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE SANDY RUN SUBDIVISION BECOMES
FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.2 FEET
ON MAR 4 2009.
$$
FLOOD ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1101 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1056 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE CONGAREE RIVER...
CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA AFFECTING LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND
COUNTIES
.RECENT RAINFALL AND RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL RESULT IN RISING
STAGES ALONG THE CONGAREE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS NEAREST THE RIVER WILL FLOOD WHEN
THE RIVER LEVEL IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
SCC063-079-101601-
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/COLS1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1101 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 10 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO CREST AT 12.9 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* AT 14.0 FEET...EVACUATION ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND SWAMPLAND
DOWNSTREAM FROM COLUMBIA BECOME FLOODED.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 357 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912112100;;
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HWOCAE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
356 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-112100-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
356 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL RESULT IN HIGH
RIVER STAGES. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVER FORECAST POINTS:
CONGAREE RIVER AT SANDY RUN AND CAROLINA EASTMAN...
SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS...
FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
SANTEE RIVER IN THE AREA OF TREZESVANTS LANDING
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINTER WEATHER...A GULF LOW WILL SPREAD SOME MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY
RAIN BUT SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED IN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NO
ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED.
PLEASE REFER TO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...PRODUCT ID CAESPSCAE.
RIVER FLOODING...THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND RESERVOIR RELEASES
WILL RESULT IN HIGH RIVER STAGES. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
POSTED FOR SOME OF THE RIVER FORECAST POINTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 333 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 200 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...A CHANCE OF RAIN MIXED WITH SOME SLEET SATURDAY MORNING...
A COLD MODIFIED ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL COVER CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THIS AIRMASS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY. DURING THIS TIME...AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW
WILL SPREAD CLOUDS INTO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND PATCHY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
SATURDAY. THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE LOW AROUND 20 OR 3O
PERCENT. BEFORE THE CLOUDS MOVE IN,,,LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH
THE UPPER 20S SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR 2 AM. AS THE CLOUDS MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO THE MID 30S BY 5 OR
6 AM. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN MAY DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE
AREA BY 6 AM AND SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET.
NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AND THE SLEET...IF ANY WILL NOT LAST
VERY LONG. BY 10 AM...TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE RISEN TO THE UPPER
30S AND THE THREAT OF ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE OVER. MORE
RAIN WILL MOVE IN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOWER TO MID 40S.
$$
TTH
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