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WGUS72 KILM 121700
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
100 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2025
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GEORGETOWN SC-
100 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN COUNTY...
AT 100 PM EDT, FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. BETWEEN 5 AND
10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. WHILE MINIMAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED, CURRENT FLOODED AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN, ESPECIALLY
WITH HIGH TIDE HAVING OCCURRED AT 12:45PM. THEREFORE, THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT DUE TO THE SLOW
RECESSION OF FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.
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, ESPECIALLY BORDERING THE
LOCAL WATERWAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN, DEBORDIEU COLONY, YAWKEY SOUTH ISLAND, WINYAH BAY
ENTRANCE AND GEORGETOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
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 3339 7933 3347 7925 3339 7914 3325 7918
3321 7917 3316 7920 3312 7926 3329 7937
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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