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WGUS72 KILM 062140
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
540 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2025
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COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC-
540 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS AND NORTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTIES...
AT 540 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN THE CITY OF WHITEVILLE WITH JK POWELL BLVD CLOSED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET. 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...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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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