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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

652 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CLARENDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 652 PM EDT...STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS 

REPORTED SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 

CLARENDON COUNTY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF TURBEVILLE...INCLUDING 

BARRINEAU CROSSROADS. 



A RAINFALL REPORT OF 7 INCHES HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM TURBEVILLE. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 

CLARENDON COUNTY...AND EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 

95 AND US HIGHWAY 378. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM 

GASTON WILL LEAD TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE REGION. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN 

SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES BEING WASHED OUT AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT 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 3381 8020 3368 8002 3389 7987 3404 7996

      3397 8019



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