Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
930 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South
Carolina...

  Great Pee Dee River At Pee Dee affecting Florence 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.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=ilm .

The next statement will be issued by Saturday afternoon.

&&

SCC041-067-181930-
/O.EXT.KILM.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-240523T0801Z/
/PDES1.1.ER.240517T0515Z.240519T1200Z.240522T2000Z.NO/
930 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Great Pee Dee River at Pee Dee.

* WHEN...Until early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Flooding will affect swamp and timberlands
  while also disrupting logging operations. Operations will likely
  cease and equipment not previously moved will remain trapped. Some
  farmland will have minor flooding especially around Britton Neck.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM EDT Friday the stage was 19.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.6
    feet Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    Wednesday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3424 7962 3424 7950 3400 7945 3385 7932
      3385 7944 3398 7957


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