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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

618 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 609 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF 

STALLED CARS ALONG WITH FLOODING ON LAURENS STREET AND RUTLEDGE 

STREET STREET IN CAMDEN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BETHUNE 

AND CAMDEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF WATER...

AND YOUR CAR COULD EASILY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY

SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE, AT 1, 800 7

7 5, 7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3427 8080 3415 8048 3427 8044 3436 8029

      3452 8034 3448 8077 3436 8076



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