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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

759 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY...

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

  LEXINGTON COUNTY...

  NEWBERRY COUNTY...

  RICHLAND COUNTY...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 751 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...THAT STRETCHED FROM 

WHITMIRE SOUTH TO CHAPIN...LEXINGTON...AND GASTON. THE LINE WAS 

MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 



AT 750 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING 

IN NEWBERRY.



THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER THIS AREA IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 



ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 



VULNERABLE AREAS ALSO INCLUDE FIVE POINTS AND THE ROCKY BRANCH CREEK 

BASIN IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA.



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 3454 8090 3447 8089 3438 8079 3418 8086

      3405 8071 3377 8062 3369 8102 3371 8105

      3366 8118 3396 8148 3400 8151 3407 8147

      3411 8158 3438 8177 3442 8174 3452 8165

      3452 8161 3445 8154 3449 8143 3456 8141



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