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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

355 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001



...URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE

PEE DEE REGION...



AT 350 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MARLBORO COUNTY AND

FROM ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS FROM EASTERN DARLINGTON COUNTY INTO

SOUTHERN DILLON AND MARLBORO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING

SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND ARE PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY LEAD TO

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FROM WALLACE...AND

EVENTUALLY ALONG MUCH OF I-95 IN DILLON COUNTY. OTHER AREAS SUCH AS

BROWNSVILLE AND BINGHAM MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING AS WELL.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...AND STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE

DITCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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