WGUS82 KILM 200020
FLSILM

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
820 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NCC129-200115-
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NEW HANOVER NC-
820 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
NEW HANOVER COUNTY...

AT 818 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
HEAVY RAIN BAND THAT DUMPED AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL 
AND NORTHERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY HAD MOVED NORTH. LIGHT RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO ACROSS THESE AREAS. SOME RESIDUAL 
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9:15 PM EDT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...MASONBORO...SEAGATE...SILVER LAKE...SMITH
  CREEK...WILMINGTON...WINDEMERE AND WRIGHTSBORO.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3418 7782 3417 7781 3415 7783 3415 7785
      3417 7783 3418 7784 3415 7786 3415 7796
      3424 7797 3427 7800 3428 7799 3429 7801
      3433 7802 3433 7780 3419 7780

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