FLOOD WARNING Issue Date: 942 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expiration: 700 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS AFFECTING GREENWOOD...NEWBERRY AND SALUDA
COUNTIES
.ABUNDANT RAINFALL ON SATURDAY ACROSS UPSTATE AND AREA RIVER
BASINS HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT STAGE RISES SINCE FRIDAY
MORNING ALONG THE SALUDA RIVER.
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.
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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.
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 914 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expiration: 915 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 Expires:200912271415;;
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HWOGSP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
911 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-053-056-057-062>065-068>072-
082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-271415-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
911 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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