...THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES... AT 139 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN ROTATING ONSHORE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH RECENT TRENDS HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER DEPTH WILL BE HARD TO DETERMINE ALONG ROADS...AND THE LOCATION OF THE ADJACENT DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && 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 3432 7769 3419 7781 3384 7796 3389 7804 3391 7813 3391 7828 3388 7843 3389 7850 3471 7806 3473 7768 3448 7757 3443 7752 #ncwx
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:40:52 +0000
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