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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

514 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

    LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EST.



* AT 445 PM...COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING     

  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT CATOE AND  

  CIMMERON ROADS...ALONG PAGELAND HIGHWAY (HWY. 9) JUST BELOW 

  BUFORDS CROSSROADS...ALONG WEST SHILOH UNITY ROAD...HWY SOUTH 

  200 WHERE RUM CREEK WAS NEARLY OVER THE ROADWAY...CREEK OVER 

  DOSTER ROAD...GRAIN-BIN ROAD WASHED OUT AND BARRICADED...WILEY 

  PARK ROAD AND HANNAHS CREEK FLOODING THE EAST PARK TRAILER PARK.   



ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF NECESSARY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3497 8088 3447 8084 3457 8039 3479 8056



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