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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
829 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
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NEW HANOVER NC-BRUNSWICK NC-
829 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
* AT 827 AM EDT ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES. THIS 
HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING 
AREAS...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* ALL MAJOR ROADS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WILMINGTON AND 
SOUTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY HAVE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF WATER 
PARTIALLY COVERING THE ROAD. SOME ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...AND 
MOTORISTS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO AVOID FLOODED AREAS. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND DRAINAGES...FUTCH 
CREEK...SMITH CREEK...CAPE FEAR RIVER...JACKEYS CREEK...TOWN 
CREEK...BARNARDS CREEK...WHISKEY CREEK...AND MILL CREEK.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE WARNED AREA...
ESPECIALLY AT POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS ALONG DRAINAGE DITCHES...SMALL
CREEKS...AND LOW SPOTS ALONG ROADWAYS AND FIELDS. FLOODING MAY
PERSIST WELL AFTER THE RAINFALL COMES TO AND END. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR
LOCATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING 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...SINCE YOUR VEHICLE MAY
STALL AND YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER
THAN THEY APPEAR CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...FIND ANOTHER
ROUTE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS. PONDING OF FLOOD WATER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
POORLY DRAINED URBAN LOCATIONS SUCH AS INTERSECTIONS...HIGHWAYS...
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3415 7783 3391 7794 3390 7809 3391 7813
      3391 7828 3400 7837 3433 7779 3430 7777
      3427 7773
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