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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
438 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Burke County in east central Georgia...
  Columbia County in east central Georgia...
  McDuffie County in east central Georgia...
  Richmond County in east central Georgia...

* Until 800 AM EDT.

* At 438 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches 
  of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches 
  in 2 hours. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain associated with
           the core of Hurricane Helene.

  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 201.
	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.

&&

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
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS

$$

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