iNWS Alert

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
440 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Lancaster County in central South Carolina...

* Until 845 AM EDT.

* At 440 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lancaster, Springdale, Indian Land, Kershaw, Elgin, Heath Springs,
USC Lancaster, Irwin, Andrew Jackson State Park, Van Wyck,
Lancaster Mill, McDonald Green Elementary School, Arrowood
Estates, Camp Creek Fire Station, Bear Creek Park, Kirk Air Base,
McWhirter Airfield, Antioch, Faith Christian School and Bell Town
Fire Station.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a
flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don't drown.

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LAT...LON 3450 8059 3448 8066 3452 8070 3448 8074
3454 8074 3446 8088 3447 8089 3456 8087
3463 8090 3470 8086 3482 8090 3485 8087
3487 8088 3492 8087 3502 8091 3507 8091
3494 8078 3482 8080 3482 8067 3449 8058

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED