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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
429 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTH CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 429 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1.5 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 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...
EVANS, MARTINEZ, VILLAGE PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER, AUGUSTA MALL,
AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, DANIEL FIELD, SUMMERVILLE, MIDTOWN,
WAVERLY, WESTWICK, FOREST HILLS, WINDY RIDGE ESTATES, WESTOVER
MEMORIAL PARK, VILLAGE AT RIVERWATCH SHOPPING CENTER, WESTPORT,
SAVANNAH RAPIDS PARK, EISENHOWER PARK, EVANS MEDICAL CENTER AND
HARRISBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 201. INTERSTATE
520 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
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 3353 8214 3357 8206 3355 8204 3355 8203
3354 8203 3354 8202 3353 8201 3352 8201
3352 8200 3350 8199 3349 8199 3348 8198
3347 8199 3344 8208 3348 8214 3349 8215
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MEG
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