Flash Flood Warning

FFWCAE

The National Weather Service in Columbia has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Sumter County in central South Carolina...

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 914 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

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... Sumter, Shaw Air Base, South Sumter, Millwood, Oakland, Sumter County Airport, Mulberry, Cherryvale, Cane Savannah, Dalzell, Stateburg, Wedgewood, Lakewood, Privateer, East Sumter, Dinkins Mill and Oswego.