Interactive NWS Alert Information

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
610 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODFIELDS...FOREST ACRES...
  DENTSVILLE...COLUMBIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL LEXINGTON INTO   
  WEST-CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...FROM A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARCADIA    
  LAKES...DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA INCLUDING THE FIVE POINTS AREA...
  AND FOREST ACRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF THE FIVE
POINTS AREA EXTENDING DOWNSTREAM ALONG ROCKY BRANCH CREEK. THIS
INCLUDES MAXCY GREGG PARK...THE PICKENS BLOSSOM STREET INTERSECTION
AND THE WHALEY MAIN STREET INTERSECTION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE 1 877 6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3394 8095 3394 8102 3396 8104 3399 8105
      3402 8109 3404 8111 3409 8103 3409 8094
      3405 8092