Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

84°F

5/27/2026 3:55pm

Lexington Conditions: Partly cloudy
Temperature: 83.8°F / 28.8°C
Dew Point: 62.1°F
Feels Like: 84.6°F
Relative Humidity: 48%
Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: 2 mph
Barometer: 29.62 in Falling Slowly
Visibility: 10 miles
Rain Today: 0.00 in

Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

FLOOD WARNING

Greenwood County, SC

Flood Warning issued May 27 at 10:06AM EDT until May 29 at 5:18AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Greenwood, SC; Newberry, SC; Saluda, SC

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 10:06am EDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 10:06am EDT

Alert Expires: Wednesday 10:15pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Wednesday 10:06am EDT

Event Ends: Friday 5:18am EDT

Issued by: NWS Columbia SC

Details:

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in South
Carolina...

Saluda River At Saluda River at Chappells affecting Greenwood,
Saluda and Newberry Counties.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Saluda River at Saluda River at Chappells.

* WHEN...Until early Friday 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:15 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 15.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.6
feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late
tonight.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:

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 by this evening at 1015 PM EDT.

Meta data:

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Codes: SCC047
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.69c1cafd92093c68ed55a41da618f620454eb1fd.001.1