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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

500 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 449 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

  LONGWOOD TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CALABASH...OR FROM 10 MILES WEST OF 

  SHALLOTTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYRTLE BEACH. THE LINE OF STORMS

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THESE STORMS WILL TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA BETWEEN LONGWOOD AND 

  SUNSET BEACH THROUGH 8 AM. THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING UP TO THREE

  INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. UP TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN SWIM OR PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES AND

CULVERTS.



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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