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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

308 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 306 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ORTON PLANTATION TO

  CALABASH...OR FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON TO 15 MILES WEST OF

  SHALLOTTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   CALABASH AT 315 PM EDT

   HOLDEN BEACH AT 325 PM EDT

   LONG BEACH AT 335 PM EDT



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY

17 AND ADJOINING ROADWAYS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WILMINGTON NC.



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