FFWILM SCC043-140000- /O.NEW.KILM.FF.W.0002.090713T2058Z-090714T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 458 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 453 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN GEORGETOWN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GEORGETOWN AND ALSO INCLUDE GRAVES...SAMPIT...PLANTERSVILLE...OATLAND...LITCHFIELD BEACH...JACKSON...AND ANDREWS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HALF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN HAS BEEN BARRICADED OFF. WATER IS REPORTED TO BE HEADLIGHT DEEP ON FRAZIER STREET. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3314 7928 3318 7939 3324 7949 3324 7952 3331 7968 3335 7967 3346 7957 3350 7951 3359 7943 3353 7904 3339 7915 3333 7914 3324 7917 3321 7920 3320 7918 3318 7918 3312 7926 $$ III