365 WGUS42 KILM 292218 FLWILM BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 618 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 SCC031-041-069-300115- /O.NEW.KILM.FA.W.0002.130429T2218Z-130430T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DARLINGTON SC-MARLBORO SC-FLORENCE SC- 618 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA EAST CENTRAL DARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 617 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR MECHANICSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH...AND HAS PRODUCED RADAR-ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF NEARLY THREE INCHES IN JUST THE PAST HOUR. THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY SEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 95 NORTH OF FLORENCE. 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 3437 7984 3439 7961 3435 7960 3430 7963 3429 7960 3428 7958 3420 7956 3418 7957 3416 7955 3408 7953 3405 7992 $$ WEISS