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WGUS72 KILM 120047
FFSILM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
847 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2025
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HORRY SC-
847 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HORRY COUNTY...
AT 847 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE ENDED. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. LINGERING FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A HAZARD,
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
MYRTLE BEACH, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT,
LITTLE RIVER, RED HILL, CHERRY GROVE INLET, HAND, BAREFOOT LANDING
AREA OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, NIXONVILLE, WAMPEE, CHERRY GROVE
BEACH, FORESTBROOK, BRIARCLIFFE ACRES, ATLANTIC BEACH, GRAND
STRAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND SEA COAST MEDICAL CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CAMP BRANCH RUN, STERITT SWAMP, BELLAMY BRANCH, MILL SWAMP,
SIMPSON CREEK, WACCAMAW RIVER, INDIGO BRANCH, CROSS SWAMP, TILLY
SWAMP, JONES BIG SWAMP, SOCASTEE SWAMP, LONG BAY AND CANE BAY.
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 3385 7894 3390 7883 3390 7864 3385 7856
3380 7872 3370 7887 3374 7901
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ABW
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