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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1020 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARLBORO COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM...



AT 950 AM...THERE WERE SEVERAL STREETS REPORTED FLOODED IN AND

AROUND BENNETTSVILLE.



AT 1015 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST

MARLBORO COUNTY...FROM CLIO AND MCCOLL AND TO THE NORTH.



ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY...GENERALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF

BENNETTSVILLE ON NORTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND SO THE

TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST MARLBORO COUNTY

UNTIL 1100 AM. IN ADDITION...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE

DEVELOPING ACROSS DARLINGTON COUNTY AND THESE WILL MOVE INTO THE

WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 1045 AND 1100 AM.



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.



DIGIORGI

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