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NCZ097-210900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

150 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001



HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF PENDER 

COUNTY...HOWEVER FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE.  DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLY EVENING 

IN SECTIONS OF PENDER COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 

40. 



THE PENDER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT MANY ROADWAYS 

REMAIN IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  HIGHWAY 53 JUST EAST OF BURGAW 

REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FAST MOVING FLOODWATERS...AND HIGHWAY 210 NEAR 

HAMPSTEAD IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS UNTIL THE WATERS HAVE RECEDED.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  



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