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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

130 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY COAST...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF 

GEORGETOWN COUNTY AND ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER HORRY COUNTY. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND WILL PRODUCE VERY 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.



THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER GEORGETOWN COUNTY HAVE DROPPED 

AROUND 1/2 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF GEORGETOWN 

COUNTY AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

NEAR ANNADALE PLANTATION AND JUST WEST OF MURRELLS INLET. 



TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER SLOW 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AND WITH YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS.



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. 



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