The day and then down to 30 that night. High 71 new years day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Newberry county is under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 15 this afternoon. Your wednesday will feature another round of showers and occasional thunderstorms as an area of low pressure moves out of the gulf of mexico and across the southeast along a draped over South Carolina. Todays rain chance goes up to 90 with 1 rain totals possible across the midlands. The daytime high will reach the upper 70s. On thursday the rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Newberry county is under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 15 this afternoon. Were joined by sheriff lee foster who has more details on the conditions out there. Sheriff foster. Wh
People who live downstreamthey just have to keep monitoring the situation. Contact local Law Enforcement if you have any safety concerns. Live in the newsroom sb wis news 10. Right nowclouds continue to blanket the midlands, but no more rain is in the mix. Meteorologist ben tanner has your forecast as we start the new year. A cool front has passed through the midlands and brought some changes to the area. New years day the front is parked close to the coast therefore some widely scattered showers continue in the southern and extreme eastern midlands, those will clear out by midday. Temperatures will fall to the upper 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s and d low just above freezing. The height of some rivers and streams has once again become a problem in parts of newberry y heavy rains caused part of the saluda river to rise near homes. The saluda river resort was already hit by the historic october fl
Stay on top of the weather near you by downloading the wisweather app. Its free; just search wis in your app store. Todays flash flooding has already left its mark in newberry county. Heavy rains caused several roads to be closed. Amelia street was cut off by the creek bed topped its banks. In many spots where water flows through the county you could see water levels getting higher. Dot and city crews have been working together to keep the roads safe. Officials hope the water runs off before the next batch of rain moves in. Just into the newsroom sce g will open one spill gate overnight at the saluda hydro facility. Thatll happen at 4 this morningan additional 18,000 cubic feet per second could flow into the lower saluda river. Officials are going to continue to montor lake levels over the next 48 hours to see if anything else needs to be donewell continue to monitor that situation. In missouri flooding continues to rock towns outside of st louis tonight bridges and highway overpasses
Resumed driving on assembly. He was tracked down after police looked at Surveillance Video and talked to witnesses. The victim was treated by ems at the scene. Columbia police say carpenter later gave a statement and has been fully cooperative. There are no indications he was under the influence of anything. Carpenter appeared in city court this morning and is free on a 5 carpenter at age 26 is the nations youngest medal of honor recipientsuffering severe injuries and undergoing multiple surgeries after saving a fellow marine in afghanistan from a taliban grenade attack. Hes been unavailable for comment. Jack kuenzie wis news ten. There are several strong storms moving towards sc from ga, therefore the flooding remains a concern today. Thursday the rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 that night. High 70. The front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a t
Historic october flood, but one of them had been renovated since then. For a while, neighbors used sticks to monitor how quickly water was rising up the gutter on cairnbrook. Hey lexington county deponie on scene told these neighbors that sce g had planned to meet at 6 45 to reassess and to determine if the spillgate should be closed. Of course, these neighbors hope the gate will be closed and say the lake appears to be leveling off. Live in lexington county, chad mills, wis news 10. The persistent rains this week in parts of newberry county. In silverstreet, the saluda river has gone up putting water much closer to homes at the saluda river resort. The neighborhood already was affected by the october floods, which forced people to leave their homes. Residents told us many of their neighbors have rebuilding just to have their homes damaged again this week. Kayla bennett silverstreet i talked to one of the ladies. Ya know this is her permanent home and shes very upset about the fact tha