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FLWILM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
843 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREAT PEE DEE RIVER AT PEE DEE AFFECTING MARION AND FLORENCE
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=ILM .
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SCC041-067-281845-
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/PDES1.2.ER.240929T1030Z.241003T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
843 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GREAT PEE DEE RIVER AT PEE DEE.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, FLOODING WILL AFFECT SWAMP AND TIMBERLANDS
WHILE ALSO DISRUPTING LOGGING OPERATIONS. OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY
CEASE AND EQUIPMENT NOT PREVIOUSLY MOVED WILL REMAIN TRAPPED. SOME
FARMLAND WILL HAVE MINOR FLOODING ESPECIALLY AROUND BRITTON NECK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO 23.2 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3424 7962 3424 7950 3400 7945 3385 7932
3385 7944 3398 7957
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