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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

810 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 810 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM ATKINSON ACROSS 

...WARDS CORNER...ROCKY POINT AND HAMPSTEAD TO SURF CITY.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHERN 

PENDER COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 

TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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DCH/TM/DL

LAT...LON 3465 7765 3446 7757 3434 7768 3439 7784

          3435 7810 3458 7824 3468 7812

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