FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 327 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* AT 3 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* ADVISORY STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* AT 19.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE SWAMPLAND AND LARGE AREAS OF FARMLAND AND
PASTURE LAND DOWNSTREAM FROM COLUMBIA BECOME FLOODED.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 334 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 122.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 122.9 FEET BY
THIS MORNING AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 123.0
FEET ON FEB 16 1984.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 334 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
THE CONGAREE RIVER AT SANDY RUN.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 23.9 FEET BY
THIS MORNING AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15.
* AT 24.0 FEET...SEVERAL HOMES IN THE SANDY RUN SUBDIVISION ALONG THE
RIVER BECOME FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.9 FEET
ON MAR 31 2005.
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