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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1200 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS PENDER COUNTY...HOWEVER 

FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT MOST OF 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENDER COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE EARLY EVENING.



THE PENDER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT MANY ROADWAYS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED OUT. SOME PROBLEM AREAS INCLUDE 

HIGHWAY 210 BETWEEN HAMPSTEAD AND ROCKY POINT AND SEVERAL SPOTS 

ALONG HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN ATKINSON AND MAPLE HILL. ADDITIONAL FLOODED 

ROADS WERE REPORTED IN WATHA AND WILLARD. SEVERAL PROBLEMS WERE 

REPORTED EARLIER ALONG HIGHWAY 117.



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION FOR THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS UNTIL THE WATER HAS A CHANCE TO RECEDE.



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