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WGUS72 KCAE 171714
FFSCAE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
114 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2023
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RICHLAND SC-
114 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 114 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA AT THE INTERSECTION
OF WHALEY AND MAIN. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, SC STATE FAIR GROUNDS, FIVE
POINTS, OLYMPIA, ROSEWOOD AND CAYCE RIVERWALK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A
FLOODED ROADWAY OR AROUND BARRICADES. 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.
FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN THE FIVE POINTS AREA EXTENDING
DOWNSTREAM ALONG ROCKY BRANCH CREEK. THIS INCLUDES MAXCY GREGG PARK,
AREAS OF THE USC CAMPUS ALONG THE CREEK, THE INTERSECTION AT PICKENS
AND BLOSSOM, THE INTERSECTION AT WHALEY AND MAIN AND AREAS OF THE
OLYMPIA NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THE CREEK.
LAT...LON 3402 8102 3400 8099 3399 8098 3398 8098
3396 8100 3395 8101 3395 8103 3397 8104
3398 8105 3399 8105 3400 8105 3400 8106
3401 8105 3402 8103
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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