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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1229 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE GRAND STRAND TO CONWAY AREA
IN SOUTHEASTERN HORRY COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN
  SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 1220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF HORRY COUNTY FROM CONWAY TO THE GRAND STRAND.
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AN
  ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
  THIS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.

  COMPLETE ROAD FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SINKHOLES...AND
  DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DO
 NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. SEVERAL STRUCTURES MAY BECOME
  FLOODED AS WELL.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HORRY COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MYRTLE BEACH...CONWAY...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...SURFSIDE BEACH...
  CHERRY GROVE INLET...RED HILL...SOCASTEE...HAMMOND...LONGS...
  AND LITTLE RIVER.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. FLOWING WATER CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE: TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
AT 800 - 697 - 3901 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 7925 3410 7884 3385 7854 3382 7867
      3377 7877 3370 7888 3357 7900 3357 7904

$$

SHK
