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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

1055 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 15 MILES WEST OF CHERAW....

  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

    CHESTERFIELD.

    CHERAW.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 

THE PAST HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN JEFFERSON...CHERAW...AND CHESTERFIELD AS WELL AS 

SURROUNDING AREAS. 



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.



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 HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF



LAT...LON 3471 8045 3451 8033 3462 7980 3481 7994



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