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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC

000
WGUS42 KILM 200954
FLWILM

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
554 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

SCC069-201245-
/O.NEW.KILM.FA.W.0003.130520T0954Z-130520T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARLBORO SC-
554 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 550 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SLOW-MOVING HEAVY
  RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF MARLBORO COUNTY. OVER 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN THE PAST
  36 HOURS.

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARLBORO COUNTY THIS
  MORNING...PARTICULARLY THE AREA FROM NEAR THE PEE DEE RIVER NORTH
  THROUGH BLENHEIM AND BENNETTSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE WARNED AREA...
ESPECIALLY AT POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS ALONG DRAINAGE DITCHES...SMALL
CREEKS...AND LOW SPOTS ALONG ROADWAYS AND FIELDS. FLOODING MAY
PERSIST WELL AFTER THE RAINFALL COMES TO AND END. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR
LOCATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS
ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE BANKS OF
STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES. PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND IS EXPECTED. MONITOR CHILDREN CLOSELY WHEN STREAMS ARE HIGH.

&&

PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3481 7967 3462 7945 3442 7966 3439 7972
      3441 7972 3444 7975 3446 7975 3447 7973
      3449 7972 3452 7976 3449 7977 3449 7981
      3453 7983 3460 7981 3461 7978 3464 7980
      3481 7972

$$

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