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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

245 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 242 PM EDT...A PUBLIC REPORT AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG 

U.S. 17 BETWEEN SHALLOTTE AND SUPPLY. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE 

ROAD. 



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE

SUBJECT TO FLASH 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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