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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

638 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HEADED FOR COASTAL 

BRUNSWICK COUNTY...



AT 634 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WTIH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE COASTAL 

REGIONS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY.  BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS...SO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL LEAD DIRECTLY TO INCREASED RUNOFF. 



THOSE TRAVELLING THIS EVENING IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR 

THE COAST WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED EARLIER...SHOULD REMAIN 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS FOR STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN FROM THESE NEW STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND HOLDEN BEACH 

AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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