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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

944 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES WEST OF TAR HEEL...OR

  ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF 

ROBESON THROUGH 1000 PM...DEPOSITING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF BLADEN 

COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM...POTENTIALLY DEPOSTING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES 

ACROSS THE REGION.  



ROBESON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ST PAULS ROADWAYS FLOODED 

WITH WATER ENTERING AUTOMOBILES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

ALREADY FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS IN THIS AREA.



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.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WILMINGTON NC.



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