...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...BLADEN...COASTAL BRUNSWICK...COASTAL NEW HANOVER... COASTAL PENDER...COLUMBUS...INLAND BRUNSWICK...INLAND NEW HANOVER...INLAND PENDER AND ROBESON. IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...COASTAL GEORGETOWN...DARLINGTON...DILLON... FLORENCE...INLAND GEORGETOWN...MARION...MARLBORO... WILLIAMSBURG...COASTAL HORRY AND INLAND HORRY. * THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...WHERE SHOWERS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...AMOUNTS COULD EASILY EXCEED 4 INCHES. * GIVEN SOILS ARE WET TO SATURATED FROM NEAR RECORD RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS...FLOODING IS LIKELY. THIS IS NOT ONLY TRUE IN URBAN AREAS...BUT IN RURAL AREAS WHERE RIVERS ARE STILL IN FLOOD AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE SWOLLEN. LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND AREAS ALONG AND NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS... PONDS AND DRAINAGE CANALS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && #ncwx
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:13:33 +0000
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