Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
911 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...The National Weather Service in Columbia SC has issued a Flood
Warning 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.

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 this evening at 915 PM EDT.

&&

SCC025-069-290115-
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/CHES1.1.ER.240328T2348Z.240329T1200Z.240330T0040Z.NO/
911 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pee Dee River at Cheraw.

* WHEN...From this evening to Saturday evening.

* 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.
  At 33.0 feet, Southeast of Wallace, water spreads onto Old River
  Road between Community Road and Highway 912.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:15 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 21.8 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening to a crest of 32.1 feet tomorrow morning. It
    will then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening.
  - 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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