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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

424 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HORRY COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM...



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO HORRY COUNTY FROM THE OCEAN. 

AS OF 415 PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTH PART OF HORRY 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND SURFSIDE BEACH AND THE MYRTLE BEACH 

AIRPORT. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE MURRELLS INLET AREA. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH...

PAST THE MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT INTO THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA. 

ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING ALONG THE GRAND STRAND AND 

IN THE CONWAY AREA. THE FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED 

PAST 5 PM.



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