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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

728 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST COLUMBIA...SPRINGDALE...CAYCE...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODFIELDS...ST. ANDREWS...IRMO...

  FOREST ACRES...DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 723 PM EDT...RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE GREATER COLUMBIA AND LEXINGTON 

METROPOLITAN AREAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AS A BAND OF 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. A REPORT OF 

STREET FLOODING ON US HIGHWAY 1 IN WEST COLUMBIA HAS BEEN RECEIVED. 



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE GREATER COLUMBIA...WEST 

COLUMBIA...AND LEXINGTON REGION...INCLUDING FIVE 

POINTS...USC...ROCKY BRANCH CREEK...AND INTERSTATE 20...SHOULD USE 

EXTREME CAUTION. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3420 8099 3398 8086 3391 8109 3413 8121



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