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WGUS52 KILM 172152 RRA
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SCC043-051-067-172315-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
452 PM EST SUN DEC 17 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EST.
* AT 452 PM EST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADWAY WASHOUTS
NEAR CONWAY.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SURFSIDE BEACH, GARDEN CITY, MURRELLS INLET, HORRY, PEE DEE
CROSSROADS, DONGOLA, BRITTONS NECK, GALIVANTS FERRY, BUCKSPORT,
YAUHANNAH, BURGESS, GREEN SEA, AYNOR AND WACCAMAW COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL.
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 3386 7938 3413 7929 3415 7897 3369 7915
3363 7895 3353 7903 3373 7937 3377 7934
3378 7932 3380 7933 3382 7931 3384 7934
3384 7935
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JLB
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