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 Monday morning at 1045 AM EST.
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.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Pee Dee River at Cheraw.
* WHEN...From late tonight to Tuesday 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM EST Sunday the stage was 26.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tonight to a crest of 30.9 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. 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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