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WGUS82 KCAE 071133
FLSCAE
GAC181-073-189-SCC065-037-081-071600-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
630 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND 
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST THIS MORNING
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
     EDGEFIELD...MCCORMICK...SALUDA

IN EAST GEORGIA
     LINCOLN...MCDUFFIE...AND COLUMBIA

AT 630 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS...PLUS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER 
THIS MORNING.  

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. ON 
FOOT..KEEP AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS. 

JL/BC