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WGUS42 KCAE 281750  
FLWCAE  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
150 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE NP NEAR GADSDEN  
AFFECTING CALHOUN AND RICHLAND COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR  
RISING WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.  
 
 
 
SCC017-079-290600-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.FL.W.0002.260529T0000Z-260530T0000Z/  
/GADS1.1.ER.260529T0000Z.260529T0000Z.260529T0000Z.UU/  
150 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE NP NEAR GADSDEN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS IN THE CONGAREE NATIONAL  
PARK. THIS WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THE LOWER  
BOARDWALK.  
AT 17.0 FEET, THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE SANDY RUN SUBDIVISION BECOMES  
FLOODED. THE LOWER BOARDWALK IN THE CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK BECOMES  
FLOODED BY CEDAR CREEK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:00 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.0  
FEET THIS EVENING, THEN FLUCTUATE AROUND 15 FEET THROUGH MUCH  
OF FRIDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO FALL.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3384 8090 3380 8083 3377 8085 3380 8091  
 
 
 
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