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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
650 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 650 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 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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...
SUMTER, SHAW AIR BASE, SOUTH SUMTER, MILLWOOD, OAKLAND, SUMTER
COUNTY AIRPORT, MULBERRY, CHERRYVALE, CANE SAVANNAH, DALZELL,
STATEBURG, WEDGEWOOD, LAKEWOOD, PRIVATEER, EAST SUMTER, DINKINS
MILL AND OSWEGO.
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 3399 8025 3382 8031 3386 8056 3394 8060
3407 8055 3401 8026 3400 8025
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
MEG
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