**(FLOOD ADVISORY)** in effect for **(BRUNSWICK COUNTY)** thru **(1130 AM EDT)**. 
The National Weather Service issued a **(FLOOD ADVISORY)** for **(EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA )** until **(1130 AM EDT)**.
**(AT 930 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM BURGAW... TO WILMINGTON... TO OAK ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... AND SOME LOCATIONS HAD ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA BEFORE THE RAIN EASES. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN MOST URBAN CENTERS... AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PEOPLE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 40... HIGHWAY 17... HIGHWAY 117... AND ROUTE 421 WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY PONDING IS LIKELY... MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURGAW... ST. HELENA... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH... BAYSHORE... CAROLINA BEACH... CASTLE HAYNE... KURE BEACH... MASONBORO... MYRTLE GROVE... OGDEN... SEAGATE... SILVER LAKE... SMITH CREEK... WILMINGTON... WINDEMERE... WRIGHTSBORO... BALD HEAD ISLAND... BELVILLE... BOILING SPRING LAKES... BOLIVIA... CASWELL BEACH... HOLDEN BEACH... LELAND... LONG BEACH... NAVASSA... SOUTHPORT... VARNAMTOWN... YAUPON BEACH... HAMPSTEAD... MAPLE HILL... ROCKY POINT... OAK ISLAND... WINNABOW... SCOTTS HILL... BISHOP... TOWN CREEK... PHOENIX... WOODBURN... MILL CREEK... TOPSAIL... TOPSAIL BEACH... MURRAY TOWN... LONG CREEK... MOORETOWN... WOODSIDE... EDGECOMB... WHITE STOCKING AND ASHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER HIGH WATER OR FLOODING... TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.))**.
A weather warning indicates a confirmed, current and present danger to this area.
Take necessary safety precautions.
Address/Location
Leland Police Department
125 Division Dr
Leland, NC 28451
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 910-371-1100
Ofc Michael Landen
Crime Prevention
[email protected]
910-371-1100
