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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

457 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FLORENCE...DILLON AND

  MARION COUNTIES. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING

IN AND AROUND FLORENCE...OAK GROVE AND PEE DEE.



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.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN SWIM OR PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES AND

CULVERTS.



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