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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
524 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA RIVER AT SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS AFFECTING SALUDA,
NEWBERRY AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A
FLOODED ROADWAY OR AROUND BARRICADES. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 530 AM EDT.
SCC047-071-081-270930-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FL.W.0001.260526T2239Z-260528T0724Z/
/CHAS1.1.ER.260526T2239Z.260527T0600Z.260527T0723Z.NO/
524 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SALUDA RIVER AT SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, LOWLANDS AROUND AND DOWNSTREAM FROM
CHAPPELLS BECOME FLOODED. CATTLE GRAZING RIVER BOTTOMLAND SHOULD
BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
AT 16.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE FARMLAND AND RIVER BOTTOMLAND AROUND AND
DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPPELLS BECOME FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:15 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 14.3 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3417 8190 3420 8168 3412 8169 3414 8187
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