710 WGUS82 KILM 122003 FLSILM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NCC141-122200- /O.NEW.KILM.FA.Y.0031.120612T2003Z-120612T2200Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 401 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO WESTERN PENDER COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...CREATING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL OVER LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN THE PAST HOUR...CREATING INCREASING URBAN AND ROADWAY FLOODING CONCERNS...INCLUDING CAUSING DRAINAGE DITCHES TO OVERFLOW INTO YARDS AND ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 421 THROUGH PENDER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATKINSON...BURGAW...ST. HELENA...WATHA...CURRIE...PENDERLEA...ROCKY POINT...WILLARD...WARDS CORNER...MURRAY TOWN...MONTAGUE...THE BOROUGH...LONG CREEK...MOORETOWN...WHITE STOCKING...VAN EDEN... MALPASS CORNER...ROOKS...POINT CASWELL AND ASHTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS INCLUDE LOCATIONS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS...DITCHES...RETENTION PONDS...AND LOW SPOTS ALONG ROADWAYS. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...YOUR VEHICLE MAY STALL LEAVING YOU STRANDED. && 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 3438 7778 3437 7796 3438 7796 3436 7800 3435 7808 3437 7814 3435 7820 3440 7826 3446 7818 3451 7826 3457 7825 3473 7811 3474 7802 3472 7799 3472 7774 $$ WEISS