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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

845 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.



* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GREATER

  ORANGEBURG AREA. AT 840 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED

  SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER IN

  ORANGEBURG...AND ONE HOME WAS FLOODED.



* THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  ORANGEBURG AND VICINITY

  RURAL CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 

TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS SINCE 730 PM. VERY HEAVY 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 930 PM...WITH TOTAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF



LAT...LON 3344 8104 3336 8077 3345 8064 3357 8076

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