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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

155 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 PM EST.



* AT 155 PM...REPORTS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM

  NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. OVER A FOOT OF WATER WAS

  REPORTED ON US HIGHWAY 601 IN PAGELAND. RADAR INDICATED A BAND

  OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER

  FLOODING ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CHESTERFIELD

  COUNTY. 



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 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.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF



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