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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
225 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
* AT 225 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 3 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 THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
LAKE WATEREE DAM, KERSHAW, ELGIN, HEATH SPRINGS, WESTVILLE,
LIBERTY HILL, LAKE WATEREE STATE PARK, LONGTOWN, MT PISGAH,
BLYTHEWOOD, RIDGEWAY, LAKE WATEREE NEAR HIGHWAY 97, DEKALB,
PLEASANT HILL, NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,
KERSHAW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, PINE GROVE FIRE STATION, KIRK
AIR BASE AND FORTY ACRE ROCK PRESERVE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 43.
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.
LAT...LON 3454 8090 3454 8088 3455 8088 3455 8087
3456 8087 3457 8088 3463 8082 3475 8051
3454 8030 3451 8034 3431 8061 3420 8096
3436 8107
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
DH
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