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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
425 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EST.
* AT 425 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
PAGELAND, JEFFERSON, RUBY, MOUNT CROGHAN, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL,
HIGH POINT FIRE STATION AND CHESTERFIELD RUBY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A
FLOODED ROADWAY OR AROUND BARRICADES. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. AVOID
TRAVELING IN THIS AREA. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REPORT ANY FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 803 234 4115 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN ALSO SEND
REPORTS BY FACEBOOK OR TWITTER TO NWSCOLUMBIA OR BY E-MAIL AT
NWS.COLUMBIA@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3482 8056 3481 8014 3462 8012 3461 8041
3462 8042 3463 8041 3465 8043 3466 8043
3468 8046 3476 8052 3477 8051 3477 8053
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-0.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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