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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

242 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



...HEAVY RAINS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON...



RAIN IS SPREADING NORTH FROM THE ATLANTIC ACROSS THE EASTERN 

CAROLINAS.



AS OF 230 PM...DOPPER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN GEORGETOWN 

COUNTY SO FAR...WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH INTO THE PEE DEE REGION 

OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CAPE FEAR REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

RAINFALL IS ACCUMULATING AT MORE THAN A HALF INCH PER HOUR IN SOME 

AREAS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN PARKING LOTS AND ON ROADWAYS POSES A 

HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. 



RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A 

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW NEAR CHARLESTON SC MOVES UP THE COAST...WITH 

4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY IN SOME AREAS OF THE PEE DEE...GRAND 

STRAND AND CAPE FEAR REGIONS. FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED IF 

ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.



IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ARE GUSTING 

NEAR 40 MPH ALONG THE GRAND STRAND OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WILL 

CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.



MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

MOVING WATER ON ROADWAYS.  



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