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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

346 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED OVER NORTHERN 

  KERSHAW AND NORTHEAST FAIRFIELD COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS 

  OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR WITH THSES

  STORMS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KERSHAW AND

  HEATH SPRINGS...LITTLE LYNCHES CREEK AND FLAT CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3447 8096 3471 8051 3454 8040 3434 8082



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