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000 

WGUS72 KCAE 302107

FFSCAE



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

500 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



SCC063-310015-

LEXINGTON SC-

500 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM FOR

LEXINGTON COUNTY...



AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST PART OF

LEXINGTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREA

EXTENDING FROM BATESBURG-LEESVILLE TO SUMMIT. RADAR INDICATES

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF BATESBURG-

LEESVILLE WITH AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES JUST EAST OF 

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE TO NEAR SUMMIT. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ADVISED THAT SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED

OFF IN THE CITY OF BATESBURG-LEESVILLE BECAUSE OF FLOODING.

ALSO...SOME ROADS IN THE GILBERT AREA ARE FLOODED. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR BEFORE 630 PM

AND CONTINUED FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH 800 PM ACROSS

WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY.



FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER. MOST FLOODING

DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.

IT TAKES LITTLE WATER TO MOVE A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND 

INTO DEEPER WATER. ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3388 8156 3378 8146 3402 8110 3419 8132

      3402 8150



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RJL/DM

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000 

WGUS72 KCAE 302107

FFSCAE



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

500 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



SCC063-310015-

LEXINGTON SC-

500 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM FOR

LEXINGTON COUNTY...



AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST PART OF

LEXINGTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREA

EXTENDING FROM BATESBURG-LEESVILLE TO SUMMIT. RADAR INDICATES

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF BATESBURG-

LEESVILLE WITH AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES JUST EAST OF 

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE TO NEAR SUMMIT. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ADVISED THAT SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED

OFF IN THE CITY OF BATESBURG-LEESVILLE BECAUSE OF FLOODING.

ALSO...SOME ROADS IN THE GILBERT AREA ARE FLOODED. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR BEFORE 630 PM

AND CONTINUED FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH 800 PM ACROSS

WESTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY.



FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER. MOST FLOODING

DEATHS OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.

IT TAKES LITTLE WATER TO MOVE A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND 

INTO DEEPER WATER. ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0, 7 7 5, 7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3388 8156 3378 8146 3402 8110 3419 8132

      3402 8150



$$

RJL/DM

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