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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

341 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LELAND...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

ALONG MOUNT MISERY ROAD BETWEEN LELAND AND PHOENIX.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WILMINGTON NC.



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