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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
514 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 514 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN WHITEVILLE WITH PORTIONS OF EAST COLLEGE STREET NEAR THE
INTERSECTION WITH MCKENZIE STREET IMPASSABLE. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
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...
WHITEVILLE, TABOR CITY, CHADBOURN, LAKE WACCAMAW, SOUTHEASTERN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CLARENDON, WILLIAMS, CHERRY GROVE, REDBUG,
HALLSBORO, GREEN SEA, BRUNSWICK, CERRO GORDO AND COLUMBUS REGIONAL
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND LOW-LYING
FLOOD PRONE AREAS. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN IF YOU ENCOUNTER A
FLOODED ROAD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. STAY AWAY FROM
STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE
RAPIDLY AND SWEEP YOU AWAY.
LAT...LON 3447 7867 3446 7865 3445 7862 3443 7860
3440 7851 3435 7848 3410 7897 3423 7913
3447 7868
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ABW
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