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NCZ100-280045-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

757 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR BRUNSWICK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAD PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF

BRUNSWICK COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE

SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS BAND OF RAIN MAY PRODUCE UP TO A

QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT A TWO HOUR

PERIOD THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 17

FROM CALABASH TO BOLIVIA.



AS OF 745 PM...ALL REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY INDICATE THE HIGH WATER

HAS BEGUN TO RECEDE. NO SERIOUS FLOODING WAS REPORTED AND ALL ROADS

ARE REPORTEDLY OPEN AND PASSABLE.



SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON AND OFF FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL

HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY

RAIN.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO KEEP THEIR SPEED DOWN AS ALL ROADS ARE WET

AND SOME MAY STILL HAVE PONDING OF WATER.



DIGIORGI

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