302  
WGUS82 KILM 161946  
FLSILM  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
346 PM EDT THU OCT 16 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH  
CAROLINA...  
 
LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING HORRY AND  
MARION COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/ILM .  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
 
 
SCC051-067-171415-  
/O.EXT.KILM.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-251018T1200Z/  
/GALS1.1.ER.251016T0315Z.251016T1900Z.251017T1800Z.UU/  
346 PM EDT THU OCT 16 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER AT GALIVANTS FERRY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT  
RESIDENTIAL YARDS IN THE FORK RETCH COMMUNITY UPSTREAM OF  
GALIVANTS FERRY NEAR THE TOWN OF NICHOLS. SWAMPLAND FLOODING  
BECOMES NOTICEABLE AND NATURAL BOAT LANDINGS WILL BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:00 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.3 FEET  
TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3421 7921 3419 7910 3405 7920 3398 7928  
3400 7938 3409 7930  
 
 
 
ABW  
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