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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

845 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODFIELDS...FOREST ACRES...

  DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COLUMBIA. THESE 

STORMS PRODUCED 1 INCH OF RAIN AT OWENS FIELD AIRPORT IN THE PAST 35 

MINUTES...AND ALMOST 1 INCH OF RAIN AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT IN THE 

PAST 40 MINUTES. HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE STREET FLOODING OVER THE 

FIVE POINTS AREA...AND ALONG THE ROCKY BRANCH CREEK BASIN IN 

COLUMBIA. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSECTION OF WHALEY AND MAIN 

STREETS...WHICH IS VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FIVE POINTS

  AND ARCADIA LAKES



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 3391 8101 3393 8102 3395 8102 3399 8105

      3401 8107 3405 8110 3409 8092 3398 8086



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