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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
327 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 327 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
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 INDICATED.
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...
COLUMBIA, WEST COLUMBIA, CAYCE, FOREST ACRES, SPRINGDALE, ST.
ANDREWS, OAK GROVE, DENTSVILLE, ARCADIA LAKES, WEST COLUMBIA
RIVERWALK, FIVE POINTS, SC STATE FAIR GROUNDS, RIVERBANKS ZOO,
GUIGNARD PARK, OLYMPIA, EAU CLAIRE, CAYCE RIVERWALK AND ROSEWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 126 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3. INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 108 AND 115. INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 65 AND 70.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED
ROADWAY OR AROUND BARRICADES. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3401 8112 3406 8108 3407 8104 3407 8098
3405 8095 3401 8096 3396 8100 3393 8104
3393 8110 3397 8112
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MEG
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