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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

350 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO

  BOLIVIA...OR FROM NEAR WILMINGTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF LELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   WINNABOW AT 405 PM EDT

   MACO AT 410 PM EDT

   LELAND AT 400 PM EDT

   WILMINGTON AT 410 PM EDT

   WRIGHTSBORO AT 415 PM EDT



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA.



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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