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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

932 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NEW        

  HANOVER COUNTY AND WILMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS   

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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.



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