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WGUS62 KCAE 082118
FFACAE
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
418 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2024
GAZ063>065-077-SCZ030-035-041-135>137-090900-
/O.NEW.KCAE.FA.A.0003.240309T0700Z-240309T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-AIKEN-BARNWELL-BAMBERG-
NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG-CENTRAL ORANGEBURG-SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGEBURG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SANTEE, BLACKVILLE, EVANS, WAYNESBORO,
ORANGEBURG, NORTH, NORTH AUGUSTA, MARTINEZ, DENMARK, AIKEN,
BOWMAN, BAMBERG, THOMSON, BRANCHVILLE, ELLOREE, BARNWELL,
SPRINGFIELD, EUTAWVILLE, NEESES, WILLISTON, BROOKDALE, HOLLY
HILL, AND AUGUSTA
418 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BURKE, COLUMBIA, MCDUFFIE AND RICHMOND AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, AIKEN, BAMBERG, BARNWELL,
CENTRAL ORANGEBURG, NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGEBURG.
* WHEN...FROM 2 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM
MOVES
INTO THE AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED,
WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE
RELATIVELY
SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF
FLASH
FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
AWP
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