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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

629 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...



AT 625 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE 

OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK...AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS 

DRIFTING SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM 

CELLS ON THE LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN IN THESE AREAS. GIVEN THE VERY SLOW MOVMENT OF THESE 

STORMS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 

AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE CASTLE HAYNE AND INTERSTATE 40 IN NEW HANOVER 

COUNTY...AND AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 74 IN BRUNSWICK AND 

COLUMBUS COUNTIES. THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD 

PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES SHOULD A FLOOD WARNING BE REQUIRED LATER THIS 

EVENING.



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