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WGUS82 KILM 222111
FLSILM

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
511 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

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DILLON SC-
511 PM EDT WED AUG 22 2012

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
DILLON COUNTY...

AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWER 
ACTIVITY HAS BECOME LESS INTENSE ACROSS CENTRAL DILLON COUNTY...BUT 
LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL...AN ESTIMATED THREE INCHES IN SPOTS...MAY 
HAVE CAUSED MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...LOW-LYING...AND 
URBANIZED AREAS...PARTICULARLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF 
DILLON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH ARE 
EXPECTED...AND ANY REMAINING FLOODED AREAS SHOULD BEGIN TO DRY OUT 
BY 6 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DILLON...
  LATTA AND HAMER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED AND STREAM
FLOWS ARE ELEVATED. FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM NEAR POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND LOW SPOTS ALONG ROADS OR INTERSECTIONS. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901 OR 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3451 7936 3445 7927 3432 7944 3439 7951

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