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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

324 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH MIDLANDS... 

HORRY COUNTY AND INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND WILL PRODUCE VERY 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.



THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED AROUND 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH OF 

RAIN OVER THE REGION. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVEN FALLEN IN ISOLATED AREAS NORTHEAST OF PAMPLICO AND 

JUST SOUTH OF GALIVANTS FERRY.



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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