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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

455 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EST



* AT 447 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND NUMEROUS REPORTS CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE FLOODING RAINFALL CONTINUING IN HORRY COUNTY. THIS RAIN

  WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR TO BE MOVING INTO COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK

  COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.



* MANY REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE MYRTLE BEACH

  VICINITY. VIRTUALLY ALL INTERSECTIONS HAVE STANDING WATER AND SOME

  AREAS ARE BECOMING IMPASSIBLE.



SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL MAY END IN YOUR AREA...IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE 

FLOOD WATERS TO DRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

WILMINGTON NC.



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