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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

724 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 715 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN 

COLUMBIA AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHALEY AND MAIN STREETS. THE 

INTERSECTION WAS IMPASSABLE TO VEHICLES. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL IN THIS REGION. 



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF THE ROCKY BRANCH CREEK IN COLUMBIA...NEAR 

FIVE POINTS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA...IS EXPECTED.



MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS 

A FLOODED ROADWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE IN COLUMBIA

AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3390 8101 3391 8102 3392 8101 3398 8104

      3401 8107 3403 8108 3407 8090 3392 8083



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