FLOOD WARNING
Pender until 315 am
Flood Watch by county
Bladen
Brunswick
Pender
Columbus
New Hanover
until 8PM
So basically the entire Cape Fear. Inland and coastal.
NWS
Areal Flood Warning in effect until 3:15 AM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FORSOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY ...
* AT 216 AM EDT ...DOPPLER RADAR ILLUSTRATED WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA ...MAINLY BETWEEN HAMPSTEAD AND SCOTTS HILL WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL.
* EARLIER FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAD YET TO COMPLETELY SUBSIDE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS ...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE CURRENT FLOODING BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE-HALF TO ISOLATED 2 INCH AMOUNTSREMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 315 AM.
STREAMS ...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS FLOODWARNING ARE ...HOLLY SHELTER CREEK ...COUNTY LINE BRANCH ...OLDMILL CREEK ...TRUMPETER SWAMP ...HARRISONS CREEK ...OLD TOPSAILCREEK ...ISLAND CREEK ...MILL CREEK AND FUTCH CREEK.
THE HIGHWAYS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE FLOODING INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY17 ...AND STATE HIGHWAYS 210 AND 50. LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINEDLOCAL ROADWAYS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO FLOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THEDANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER DEPTH WILL BE HARD TO DETERMINE ALONGROADS ...AND THE LOCATION OF THE ADJACENT DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL BEDIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. AVOID FLOODED AREAS OR ROADS THAT HAVE BEENCLOSED. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE FLOODED BANKS OF STREAMS ...CREEKS AND DITCHES. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ...TURN AROUND ...DONTDROWN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THEROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSSSAFELY. YOUR CAR MAY STALL AND YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. FINDALTERNATE ROUTES. AVOID FLOODED AREAS ...TURN AROUND ...DONT DROWN.
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PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INWILMINGTON NC ...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 ...WHEN YOU CAN DO SOSAFELY.
Areal Flood Watch in effect until 8:00 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS ...IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...BLADEN ...COASTAL BRUNSWICK ...COASTAL NEW HANOVER ... COASTAL PENDER ...COLUMBUS ...INLAND BRUNSWICK ...INLAND NEW HANOVER ...INLAND PENDER AND ROBESON. IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ...DARLINGTON ...DILLON ...FLORENCE ...MARION ... MARLBORO ...COASTAL HORRY AND INLAND HORRY.
* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH INTO THE REGION. IT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STALLED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND SUNDAY EVENING. THIS RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ...AND THE GROUND IS ALSO FAIRLY SATURATED FROM THE RAINY PERIOD LAST WEEK. THESE FACTORS HAVE LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING. AS FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT OR IS OCCURRING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE FLOOD WARNINGS..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ONCURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BEALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TOFLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODINGDEVELOP.
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Areal Flood Advisory in effect until 3:30 AM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN ...
NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 130 AM EDT ...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENDER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH 330 AM AS THIS ACTIVITY DRIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURGAW ... ST. HELENA ...BAYSHORE ...CASTLE HAYNE ...OGDEN ...SMITH CREEK ... WINDEMERE ...WRIGHTSBORO ...MAPLE HILL ...ROCKY POINT ...SCOTTS HILL ... MURRAY TOWN ...MOORETOWN ...WHITE STOCKING ...ASHTON AND UNCW CAMPUS.
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Road washout made our local paper last week. Front page.
Love, Peace and Shelter. Lmsp