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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

710 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR ROBESON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 705 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

THE HEAVIEST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAVING

PUSHED TO THE NORTHEAST...AWAY FROM ROBESON COUNTY...LEAVING MAINLY

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS

ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPIATION ACROSS THE AREA IS ON THE DECREASE AND

WILL BE THE GENERAL TREND FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 3 HOUR

PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON...COVERING MUCH OF ROBESON COUNTY EXCEPT THE

EXTREME NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS.



AS OF 705 PM...REPORTS FROM THE ROBESON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

INDICATED ALL ROADS OPEN AND PASSABLE WITH NO SERIOUS FLOODING

TO REPORT.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME BETWEEN

DESTINATIONS...KEEPING THEIR SPEEDS DOWN AS ALL ROADS REMAIN WET

WITH SOME MAY STILL EXPERIENCE PONDING OF WATER.



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