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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1055 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 200 PM EDT.
* AT 1055 AM EDT, FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. BETWEEN 5 AND
9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. WHILE MINIMAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED, CURRENT FLOODED AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN, ESPECIALLY
WITH UPCOMING HIGH TIDE AT 12:45PM. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER THE SLOW RECESSION OF FLOODED
WATERS IN THE WARNING AREA.
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...
GEORGETOWN, DEBORDIEU COLONY, YAWKEY SOUTH ISLAND, WINYAH BAY
ENTRANCE 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 3339 7933 3347 7925 3339 7914 3325 7918
3321 7917 3316 7920 3312 7926 3329 7937
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
VAO
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