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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

538 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



* AT 530 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A   

THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER AUGUSTA...NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING FROM BROAD STREET TO 

LANEY WALKER BOULEVARD TO THE GORDON HIGHWAY IN THE AUGUSTA CITY LIMITS.

ALSO FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON WHELASS ROAD AND EAST BOUNDARY ROAD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.





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