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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

918 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 907 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM BENNETTSVILLE TO       

  WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH     

  THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF                 

  BENNETTSVILLE...WALLACE...MCCOLL AND BLENHEIM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO AS 

MUCH AS 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



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.



.END



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