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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

832 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LANCASTER...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL

  PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE REGION RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN       

  EARLIER TODAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH   

  FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAGELAND...

  KERSHAW...IRWIN...HEATH SPRINGS AND ELGIN



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3481 8015 3429 8052 3410 8070 3432 8080

      3438 8077 3441 8080 3442 8084 3449 8089

      3453 8087 3462 8089 3482 8079



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