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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

450 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF        

  BLADENBORO AND NEAR LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BLADEN  

  AND ROBESON COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



.END



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