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WGUS52 KILM 010203

FFWILM

NCC129-010600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1002 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WRIGHTSBORO...WINDEMERE...

  WILMINGTON...SMITH CREEK...SILVER LAKE...SEAGATE...OGDEN...MYRTLE

  GROVE...MASONBORO...CAROLINA BEACH



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  LARGE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO MOVING INTO NEW  

  HANOVER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH  

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NEW HANOVER COUNTY. THIS   

  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLING WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF     

  TIME WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONDITIONS    

  ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST SECTIONS OF  

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY. FLOWING WATER IS EXPECTED ACROSS LOW-LYING     

  ROADWAYS AND NEAR CREEKS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3416 7783 3407 7787 3410 7788 3409 7789

      3404 7788 3394 7793 3413 7793 3433 7802

      3438 7797 3436 7794 3438 7783 3428 7773



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KILM 010203

FFWILM

NCC129-010600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1002 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WRIGHTSBORO...WINDEMERE...

  WILMINGTON...SMITH CREEK...SILVER LAKE...SEAGATE...OGDEN...MYRTLE

  GROVE...MASONBORO...CAROLINA BEACH



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  LARGE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO MOVING INTO NEW  

  HANOVER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH  

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NEW HANOVER COUNTY. THIS   

  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLING WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF     

  TIME WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONDITIONS    

  ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST SECTIONS OF  

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY. FLOWING WATER IS EXPECTED ACROSS LOW-LYING     

  ROADWAYS AND NEAR CREEKS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3416 7783 3407 7787 3410 7788 3409 7789

      3404 7788 3394 7793 3413 7793 3433 7802

      3438 7797 3436 7794 3438 7783 3428 7773



$$



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