Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 4:38AM EDT until September 27 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 1:38am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 5:00am
Description:
FFWCAE
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.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Burke, GA; Columbia, GA; McDuffie, GA; Richmond, GA
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC