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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
516 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South
Carolina...

  Pee Dee River At Cheraw affecting Marlboro and Chesterfield
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a
flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don`t drown.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 530 PM EDT.

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516 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pee Dee River at Cheraw.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to early Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, River bottomland downstream from Cheraw
  will begin to flood.
  At 30.0 feet, The higher bank begins to flood. Large areas of
  farmland and river bottomland near Cheraw will be flooded.
  Portions of Riverside Park become flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:15 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 27.3 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this afternoon to a crest of 30.3 feet this evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3454 7972 3453 7984 3465 7987 3477 7995
      3481 7995 3481 7992 3477 7991 3468 7979


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