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WGUS42 KCAE 111504
FLWCAE
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1104 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN AFFECTING CALHOUN, LEXINGTON AND
RICHLAND COUNTIES.
CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE NP NEAR GADSDEN
AFFECTING CALHOUN AND RICHLAND 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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 100 AM EDT.
SCC017-063-079-120500-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FL.W.0003.261013T0407Z-261016T0800Z/
/CEAS1.2.ER.261013T0407Z.261014T0600Z.261015T0815Z.UU/
1104 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 115.0 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS IN LOW LYING AREAS OF THE
CAROLINA EASTMAN FACILITY AND AT THE CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK. AT
119.0 FEET, EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS IN THE CONGAREE NATIONAL
PARK. SOME AREA FARMLAND IS FLOODED. MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AT THE
CAROLINA EASTMAN FACILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 102.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 114.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 120.9 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 115.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3396 8100 3387 8092 3379 8097 3394 8106
SCC017-079-120500-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FL.W.0004.261013T1827Z-261017T0600Z/
/GADS1.1.ER.261013T1827Z.261014T1800Z.261016T0617Z.UU/
1104 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE RIVER AT CONGAREE NP NEAR
GADSDEN.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* 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 10:00 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 17.1 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3384 8090 3380 8083 3377 8085 3380 8091
MEG
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