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EXPIRED3/28/2024 10:40:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
3/28/2024 10:40:00 AM until 3/29/2024 4:45:00 AM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=ilm .
The next statement will be issued by late tonight.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington NC has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in North Carolina...South
Carolina...
Cape Fear River At William O Huske Lock And Dam 3 affecting
Cumberland and Bladen Counties.
Great Pee Dee River At Pee Dee affecting Marion and Florence
Counties.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Great Pee Dee River at Pee Dee.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Flood waters will affect swamplands and
logging interests. Flood waters will affect timberland as far
downstream as Yauhannah two weeks after the crest passes Pee Dee.
Logging equipment needs to be moved.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
Saturday morning and continue rising to a crest of 21.4 feet
Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood