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SCZ033-131030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

537 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2001



...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARION 

COUNTY...



AT 535 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER 

SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL 

PORTIONS OF MARION COUNTY...JUST SOUTHWEST OF CENTENARY. THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH.



THE RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 AM.



AS OF 530 AM...THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THIS AREA. 

THE HEAVIEST OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 9 AND ROUTE 41.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR STANDING WATER AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE 

THEIR VEHICLES ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS AREA FOR A POSSIBLE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE 

WARNINGS.



DIGIORGI

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