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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

620 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH 

CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES BANDS OF RAIN CIRCULATING AROUND A LOW 

PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR THE NC-SC BORDER NEAR TABOR CITY NC. 

RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY SHOWER ACTIVITY 50 MILES FROM 

THE CENTER HAS DECREASED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIGHT RAIN 

CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH WIND GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH NEAR THE 

COAST.

 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL ACCUMULATION INDICATE THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

TODAY HAVE FALLEN INLAND. IN WESTERN ROBESON COUNTY NC...THERE WERE

4 TO 5 INCHES ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ST PAULS AND PEMBROKE...AND IN 

SOUTHERN FLORENCE COUNTY SC...THERE WERE 3 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION 

AROUND LAKE CITY. 



CLOSER TO THE COAST...ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR TODAY WERE MOSTLY LESS 

THAN AN INCH...WITH A FEW AREAS ACCUMULATING 1 TO 2 INCHES. 



THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL 

STORM ALLISON...WILL BE SLOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...AND ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 INCHES...AND 

UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.



MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT AND BE 

ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHERE STANDING WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT 

HTTP://NWSILM.WILMINGTON.NET.



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