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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

803 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

    RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AUGUSTA AREA. THE

  STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.



THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED AT DANIEL FIELD SINCE 645 PM.

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AREA POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

IN THE AUGUSTA AREA.



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

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.



ON FOOT...KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF.



LAT...LON 3347 8215 3333 8234 3328 8227 3334 8191

          3353 8204



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