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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

445 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH       

  ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

  COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 615 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS  

  LIKELY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS  

  AFTERNOON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME ROADWAYS WILL BE IN FLOOD.



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.



.END



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