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WGUS52 KILM 121257
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
857 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 857 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOOD
ROADWAYS, AS WELL AS STRANDED VEHICLES, IN THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN, DEBORDIEU COLONY, YAWKEY SOUTH ISLAND, WINYAH BAY
ENTRANCE, GRAVES AND GEORGETOWN MEMORIAL 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 3345 7937 3351 7929 3339 7914 3325 7918
3321 7917 3316 7920 3314 7924 3313 7925
3312 7926 3329 7937
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
VAO
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