Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued August 1 at 9:14PM EDT until August 1 at 11:15PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 1, 2026 - 6:14pm
Expires:
August 1, 2026 - 8:15pm
Description:
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.
Instruction:
Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a flooded
roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don't drown.
Area Description:
Sumter, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Columbia SC
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov