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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1226 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN AND EASTERN HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA   



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY TOTALLING 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH AN           

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED   

  WITH ERNESTO.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREEN SEA  

  ...LORIS...GORETOWN AND LONGS. OVERFLOWING CREEKS ESPECIALLY ALONG 

  HIGHWAYS 9 AND 701 EAST OF BAYBORO WILL LIKELY OBSERVE FLASH       

  FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3379 7875 3386 7857 3429 7907 3419 7915



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