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WGUS72 KILM 010328

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1125 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



NCC047-010615-

COLUMBUS NC-

1125 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR

COLUMBUS COUNTY...



AT 1121 PM EDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER FLOWING 

ACROSS A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 87 FROM A NEARBY OVERFLOWING POND. 

FLOWING WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON WACCAMAW STREET IN RIEGELWOOD. 



MANY AREAS OF EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLASH 

FLOODING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CONTINUES TO SPREAD OVER THE COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...PRIMARILY 

ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



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

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

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

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3429 7905 3399 7868 3418 7852 3416 7841

      3423 7826 3435 7818 3435 7845 3446 7872

      3445 7894



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