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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

757 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



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RICHLAND SC-LEXINGTON SC-

757 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR

LEXINGTON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES...



AT 751 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLUMBIA...INCLUDING ELMWOOD AND ASSEMBLY 

STREETS. THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING ALONG BUSH RIVER ROAD NEAR 

INTERSTATE 26. 



OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS THE GREATER 

COLUMBIA AND LEXINGTON AREA. THIS RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD 

OF TIME. 



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

SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3420 8099 3398 8086 3391 8109 3413 8121



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