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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

248 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER AND 

CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM...



AT 230 PM...NEW REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM THE 

REGION. THESE INCLUDED FLOODING ON CIMMERON AND CATOE ROADS...IN 

ADDITION TO THE EARLIER REPORT OF FLOODING ON GILLS CREEK OVER A 

BRIDGE ON LANGLEY ROAD. THESE ARE IN THE EASTERN PART OF LANCASTER 

COUNTY...FROM EAST OF LANCASTER TO NEAR THE PRIMUS AND TAXAHAW 

VICINITIES. 



AT 240 PM...LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY REPORTED 

CONTINUED FLOODING ON US HIGHWAY 601 IN PAGELAND...AND NEW FLOODING 

ON ROAD 207 NORTHWEST OF PAGELAND. HOWEVER...NO ROADS WERE CLOSED IN 

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. 



AT 245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED TO THE NORTH...AND STRETCHED 

ACROSS NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY EAST TO JUST NORTH OF CHESTERFIELD 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THIS REGION THROUGH 500 PM.



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...AND DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A WATER COVERED ROADWAY. 



PLEASE RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICE.

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