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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

529 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001



...A SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAINS 

TO COLUMBUS COUNTY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER 

COLUMBUS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM.  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

PER HOUR FROM EVERGREEN TO LAKE WACCAMAW. THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED 

FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SLOW 

DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF 

YOU. 



THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND A FLOOD 

WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. 



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