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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
638 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024


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Burke GA-Columbia GA-McDuffie GA-Richmond GA-
638 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING 
FOR BURKE, COLUMBIA, MCDUFFIE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...

At 638 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
that heavy rain was falling across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. The heavy rain has
         moved out of the warning but it will take time for the
         water to recede.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  North Augusta, Grovetown, Evans, Thomson, Waynesboro, Fort 
  Eisenhower, Martinez, Augusta, Hephzibah, Harlem, Midville, South 
  Augusta, Augusta Mall, Gough, McBean, Daniel Field, Village Plaza 
  Shopping Center, Augusta Regional Airport, Glendale and 
  Summerville.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 167 and 200.
	Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 1 and 15.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a 
flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don't drown.

Flooded roadways are nearly impossible to see at night. Avoid 
traveling in this area. Turn around, don't drown.

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LAT...LON 3370 8232 3368 8221 3362 8218 3347 8193
      3341 8191 3334 8194 3330 8186 3295 8184
      3292 8208 3281 8215 3280 8221 3283 8231
      3294 8227 3306 8229 3323 8223 3331 8233
      3335 8255 3362 8264 3365 8258 3364 8246

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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