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WHUS42 KILM 021553
CFWILM
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1153 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2020
NCZ107-030200-
/O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0050.200702T2200Z-200703T0200Z/
INLAND NEW HANOVER-
1153 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2020
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER...
* WHAT...UP TO ONE FOOT OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS
POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES AND TIDAL
WATERWAYS.
* WHERE...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN
WILMINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...WATER MAY RISE SIX TO 12 INCHES DEEP ON THE LOWEST
PARTS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD AND USS NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL
SPREAD ON TO RIVER ROAD ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF THE CAPE
BOULEVARD. IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON, WATER WILL COVER MORE THAN A
BLOCK OF WATER STREET NEAR MARKET STREET, WITH THREE TO SIX
INCHES OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTY.
TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT WILMINGTON - FLOOD STAGE 5.5 FT
MLLW CATEGORIES - MINOR 5.5 FT, MODERATE 6.7 FT, MAJOR 10.0 FT
MHHW CATEGORIES - MINOR 0.8 FT, MODERATE 2.0 FT, MAJOR 5.3 FT
TOTAL TOTAL DEPARTURE
DAY/TIME TIDE TIDE FROM NORM WAVES FLOOD
FT MLLW FT MHHW FT FT IMPACT
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------- --------
02/08 AM 5.1 0.4 1.0 1 NONE
02/08 PM 6.2 1.5 1.1 1 MINOR
03/08 AM 5.1 0.4 1.1 1 NONE
03/09 PM 6.3 1.6 1.2 1 MINOR
04/10 AM 5.2 0.5 1.1 1 NONE
04/10 PM 6.2 1.5 1.1 1 MINOR
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