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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
725 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 725 PM EDT, FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING! EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED IN COLUMBUS COUNTY OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE RESCUED FROM THEIR
VEHICLES STALLED ACROSS FLOODED AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL
REPORTS FROM COLUMBUS COUNTY 911 CONTINUE TO ILLUSTRATE MANY ROADS
REMAIN OVERRIDDEN WITH WATER WITH MANY TOO DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH.
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES, WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS, HAVE FALLEN
DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2
INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE, MULLINS, CHADBOURN, LAKE WACCAMAW, FAIR BLUFF, LAKE
VIEW, CHERRY GROVE, CLARENDON, SIDNEY, SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, WILLIAMS, KEMPER, GAPWAY, REDBUG, HALLSBORO, BRUNSWICK,
NICHOLS, CERRO GORDO AND COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY
NEAR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS AT NIGHT, AS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT
TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER. ROADS MAY BE DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED,
THEN TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3435 7918 3439 7893 3440 7878 3439 7871
3438 7865 3436 7858 3433 7852 3428 7850
3426 7852 3423 7858 3422 7864 3418 7880
3411 7913 3409 7922 3409 7926 3411 7928
3418 7931 3422 7930 3427 7928 3430 7926
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
DCH
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