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WGUS72 KCAE 271040
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
640 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

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Lincoln GA-Aiken SC-Edgefield SC-McCormick SC-Saluda SC-
640 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING
FOR LINCOLN, NORTHWESTERN AIKEN, EDGEFIELD, MCCORMICK AND
SOUTHWESTERN SALUDA COUNTIES...

At 640 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
that heavy rain was falling across the warned area. Between 4 and 7
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. THe heaviest
         rainfall should be pushing out of the area, with
         flooding expected to continue.

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, Belvedere, Edgefield, Saluda, McCormick, Johnston,
  Lincolnton, Ridge Spring, Hamilton Branch State Park, Clarks Hill
  Recreation Area, Mccormick County Airport, J. Strom Thurmond Dam,
  Elijah Clark State Park, Edgefield County Airport, Saluda County
  Airport, Trenton, Parksville, Ward, Plum Branch and Cleora.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 520 in South Carolina near mile marker 23.
Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 0 and 19.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a
flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don`t drown.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

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LAT...LON 3401 8259 3408 8248 3406 8233 3397 8231
      3402 8224 3397 8217 3398 8205 3397 8205
      3395 8205 3406 8193 3405 8182 3391 8164
      3380 8163 3359 8175 3353 8201 3362 8218
      3369 8224 3364 8248 3398 8265 3396 8257

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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