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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

646 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    EASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  CHERAW...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTERFIELD...DRIFTING TO THE 

  NORTHEAST.



* THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  CHESTERFIELD.

  CHERAW.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 500 AND 645 

PM...WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OF 

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.  THE TEALS MILLS AREA OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY 

HAS REPORTED FLOODING DURING THE PAST HOUR. 

  

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



LAT...LON 3467 8021 3451 8012 3486 7885 3527 7908



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