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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

705 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



...FLOOD WARNINGS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR HORRY - BRUNWSICK - AND 

COLUMBUS COUNTIES...



AT 700 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CROSSING THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN NORTH CAROLINA 

AND MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE PREVIOUSLY 

WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN COASTAL HORRY COUNTY IN 

MYRTLE BEACH AND SURFSIDE BEACH. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED UP 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL TODAY IN SOUTH CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED. TRAVELERS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE 

CAUTION TONIGHT AND WATCH FOR WATER STILL STANDING IN 

INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER LOW SPOTS. STANDING WATER IS MORE 

DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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