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NCZ087-096-160330-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES UNTIL    

1130 PM EDT...



THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS NOW LOCATED 

OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLADEN COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF 

COUNCIL AND KELLY. THESE LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL BEFORE THIS CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY 

DISSIPATES AND MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WILL LEAVE 

ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

PRECIPITATION DISSIPATING AROUND MIDNIGHT.



PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ROBESON COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A 3 HOUR PERIOD THIS EVENING. WHILE DURING 

THE SAME TIME PERIOD...A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL BLADEN COUNTY HAS 

RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 3 INCHES. 



MOTORISTS ACROSS THIS REGION ARE URGED NOT TO TRAVEL ACROSS WATER 

COVERED ROADWAYS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME BETWEEN 

DESTINATIONS WHILE TRAVELING AT MUCH REDUCED SPEEDS. 



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