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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
310 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-ROBESON NC-DILLON SC-FLORENCE SC-MARION SC-
WILLIAMSBURG SC-GEORGETOWN SC-BRUNSWICK NC-HORRY SC-
310 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR HORRY...
SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK...GEORGETOWN...WILLIAMSBURG...MARION...
FLORENCE...DILLON...ROBESON...WESTERN BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES...

AT 308 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN AND
EASTERN HORRY COUNTY...AND JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN
FLORENCE...DILLON AND ROBESON COUNTIES.  ELSEWHERE THE RAIN IS
BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.  HOWEVER...MANY
LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED A FOOT OR MORE OF RAIN THIS WEEK...AND FLOOD
WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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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 3350 7997 3350 8010 3388 7989 3403 7997
      3489 7894 3483 7891 3485 7868 3387 7844
      3369 7888 3343 7912 3320 7918 3321 7918
      3334 7916 3330 7927 3338 7927 3329 7929
      3318 7919 3319 7918 3312 7928

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