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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

520 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST COLUMBIA...SPRINGDALE...SEVEN

  OAKS...RED BANK...OAK GROVE...LEXINGTON...CAYCE



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE 

  ACROSS LEXINGTON AND GASTON TO CAYCE. RADAR ESTIMATES IN

  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN

  AND CENTRAL LEXTINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM.



FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT OLD ORANGEBURG ROAD AND EDMUND HIGHWAY.



ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT HIGHWAY 21 AND INTERSTATE 26. 

WATER WAS FLOWING OVER INTERSTATE 26 AND FRONTAGE ROAD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY 

SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 

1...800...7 7 5...7 1 9 9.



LAT...LON 3382 8149 3366 8119 3375 8094 3407 8113



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