Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC

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WGUS82 KILM 201047
FLSILM

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
647 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

SCC069-201245-
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MARLBORO SC-
647 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR MARLBORO
COUNTY...

AT 644 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARLBORO
COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
BEFORE RAIN TAPERS OFF AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.

* STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL UP TO 5.5 INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARLBORO COUNTY...WITH OVER 2 INCHES FALLING IN
  THE PAST 2 HOURS FROM BENNETTSVILLE SOUTH TOWARD BLENHEIM AND NEAR
  THE PEE DEE RIVER. THIS MUCH RAIN ON SATURATED GROUND MAY LEAD TO
  FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...SMALL
CREEKS...AND LOW SPOTS ALONG ROADWAYS AND FIELDS. FLOODING MAY
PERSIST WELL AFTER THE RAINFALL COMES TO AN END. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR
LOCATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS SINCE YOUR VEHICLE MAY
STALL AND YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

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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