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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

826 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...



AT 826 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE 

OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG THE 

STATE LINE BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND HORRY COUNTIES. RADAR IS ESTIMATING 

OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR TABOR CITY. GIVEN THE SLOW 

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF THESE STORMS.



THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THEY APPROACH 

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AND COASTAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY TOWARD 9 PM. OTHER 

COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE 

CALABASH...LORIS...LONGS...AND LITTLE RIVER.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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