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WGUS62 KILM 091606
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1206 PM EDT WED APR 09 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER AT GALIVANTS FERRY AFFECTING DILLON...HORRY AND 
  MARION COUNTIES 
THE RUNOFF FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE 
LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER BASIN.  DESPITE DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK...THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER AT GALIVANTS FERRY WILL CONTINUE TO
RISE AND MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.
THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE FOUND
ON OUR WEB PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM.

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1206 PM EDT WED APR 09 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER AT GALIVANTS FERRY
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE AT THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER WAS 8.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS...9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND APPROACH FLOOD STAGE
  AS EARLY AS THURSDAY EVENING.  FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY
  1 PM FRIDAY...AND THE RIVER MAY CREST AT ABOUT 9.1 FEET SATURDAY
  EVENING.
* AT 9.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT RESIDENTIAL YARDS 
  IN THE FORK RETCH COMMUNITY UPSTREAM OF GALIVANTS FERRY NEAR THE 
  TOWN OF NICHOLS. SWAMPLAND FLOODING BECOMES NOTICEABLE AND NATURAL 
  BOAT LANDINGS WILL BE FLOODED.
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HEDEN