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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

824 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREST ACRES...COLUMBIA...FIVE POINTS



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING TO THE WEST FROM CENTRAL WITH   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. 



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

  POINTS.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 8100 3404 8108 3404 8097 3394 8092



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