017  
WGUS52 KCAE 040230  
FFWCAE  
SCC057-040530-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.FF.W.0027.261004T0230Z-261004T0530Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
1030 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...  
 
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1030 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...  
ELGIN, HEATH SPRINGS, MCDONALD GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FAITH  
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, PLEASANT HILL AND BELL TOWN FIRE STATION.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
REPORT ANY FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE COLUMBIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN SEND REPORTS BY FACEBOOK OR X TO  
NWSCOLUMBIA OR BY E-MAIL AT NWS.COLUMBIA@NOAA.GOV.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3465 8089 3467 8063 3460 8061 3453 8074  
3454 8074 3453 8076 3453 8088 3455 8088  
3455 8087 3456 8087 3457 8088 3458 8088  
3460 8089 3462 8089 3463 8090  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
SL  
 
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