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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
1255 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...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,
  Greenwood and Newberry 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 100 AM EDT.

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1255 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...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.
  At 18.0 feet, The Saluda River Campground including the Campground
  Store downstream from Chappells becomes flooded. Campers should
  move to higher ground.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 12:15 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 13.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage this
    afternoon to 17.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below
    flood stage late tonight, with a stage around 10.8 feet early
    Thursday morning.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3417 8190 3420 8168 3412 8169 3414 8187


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