FLSILM

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
458 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011

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458 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN SLOWING AS THEY NEARED THE
  COAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF
  MORE THAN 2 INCHES AN HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLTON...
  CAROLINA BEACH...KURE BEACH...MASONBORO...MYRTLE GROVE...SEAGATE...
  SILVER LAKE...WILMINGTON...BELVILLE...BOILING SPRING LAKES...
  BOLIVIA...LELAND...SANDY CREEK...WINNABOW...BISHOP...TOWN CREEK...
  WOODBURN...MILL CREEK...BATARORA AND FREEMAN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 7
PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING AT POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.
PONDING OF WATER CAN BE EXPECTED AT LOW SPOTS AT INTERSECTIONS...
STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES. OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS LIKE RETENTION PONDS
AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL BECOME FLOODED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. DO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS SINCE YOUR VEHICLE MAY STALL AND YOU
MAY BECOME STRANDED.

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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 3415 7783 3408 7786 3407 7787 3397 7790
      3397 7791 3392 7793 3419 7852 3433 7850
      3432 7829 3420 7779

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