WGUS62 KILM 231918 FFAILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1105 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND A COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-024-033-034-110400- /O.NEW.KILM.FF.A.0004.080910T1505Z-080911T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO-DILLON-MARION-HORRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...ELIZABETHTOWN...BURGAW... SURF CITY...WHITEVILLE...LELAND...SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...BENNETTSVILLE...DILLON...MARION...CONWAY... MYRTLE BEACH 1105 AM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...BLADEN...BRUNSWICK...COLUMBUS...NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND ROBESON IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... DILLON...HORRY...MARION AND MARLBORO. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT * THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND A COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...IN ADDITION TO SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$