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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

738 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



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



AT 738 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE 

OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW 

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

SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS ON THE 

LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

NEAR CASTLE HAYNE. A WEATHER SPOTTER ON GREENVILLE LOOP ROAD IN 

WILMINGTON REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES ENDING AT 715 

PM. GIVEN THE SLOW MOVMENT OF THESE STORMS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 



THE AREAS AFFECTED HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH...AND NOW INCLUDE WILMINGTON 

SOUTH TO CAROLINA BEACH IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY...AND AREAS SOUTH OF 

LAKE WACCAMAW AND OVER THE GREEN SWAMP IN BRUNSWICK AND COLUMBUS 

COUNTIES. THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD PONDING OF 

WATER ON HIGHWAYS...AND IN 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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