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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

702 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR GEORGETOWN COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM

EDT...



AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS GEORGETOWN COUNTY FROM

NEAR RHEMS AND OATLAND TO DEBIDUE BEACH AND PAWLEYS ISLAND. RECENTLY

THE STORMS HAVE SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAKENING...AND AS A RESULT THE ONE

HOUR RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.

IF CONDITIONS WARRANT...THE FLOOD WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY.



EVEN AFTER THE RAIN STOPS...THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO POND ACROSS

THE LOW-LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS.  IN THE AREAS WHERE THE

DRAINAGE IS POOR...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ANY

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE THREAT OF

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN.



ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION

TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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