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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

230 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2001



...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN MOVING OVER 

BLADEN COUNTY...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN COLUMBUS COUNTY SO FAR 

TONIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED 4 INCHES IN 

SOME LOCATIONS.



STATE HIGHWAY 242 NEAR BLADENBORO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN COVERED 

WITH STANDING WATER EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS IS NORMALLY A POOR 

DRAINAGE AREA. RESIDENTS...AND ESPECIALLY MOTORISTS EARLY THIS 

MORNING...NEED TO REMAIN AWARE OF STANDING WATER CAUSED BY HEAVY 

RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLOWLY MOVE 

ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...POSSIBLY DROPPING 

ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO FOR 

FURTHER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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