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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1007 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  DILLON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 958 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM EASTERN

  FLORENCE COUNTY TO NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN WHICH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR INCLUDE...

   PAMPLICO...MARION...FAIR BLUFF...EVERGREEN...ELIZABETHTOWN...

   AND AYNOR.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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.



LAT...LON 3475 7838 3454 7824 3379 7915 3380 7957

          3383 7980 3485 7858



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