
049
WGUS72 KILM 081800
FFSILM

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
200 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

SCC051-081915-
/O.CON.KILM.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-161008T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HORRY SC-
200 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HORRY COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN HORRY COUNTY...

AT 157 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS
AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
MYRTLE BEACH. WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING...AND
IS EXPECTED TO GET WORSE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

$$

JDW
