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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

420 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



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COLUMBIA GA-

420 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR

COLUMBIA COUNTY...



AT 410 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA 

AND ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE. 



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.



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 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 3364 8243 3369 8227 3369 8226 3369 8223

      3368 8222 3360 8219 3355 8206 3338 8229



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