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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1144 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARLINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR      

   INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 8 MILES     

   WEST OF CLYDE TO 10 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...OR FROM 11 MILES        

   NORTHWEST OF BISHOPVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BISHOPVILLE...MOVING 

   NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   LAMAR AROUND 1150 PM EDT

   OATS AROUND 1155 PM EDT

   NORTH HARTSVILLE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT

   AUBURN AROUND 1205 AM EDT

   DARLINGTON AROUND 1210 AM EDT

   SOCIETY HILL AROUND 1215 AM EDT



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND REPEATEDLY 

MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA.  ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR...PORTIONS OF 

DARLINGTON COUNTY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 

LAST HOUR.  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL DURING THE 

NEXT HOUR.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3451 8001 3449 7991 3452 7981 3449 7972

          3444 7975 3438 7965 3411 8011 3415 8015

          3420 8011 3433 8019 3432 8025 3437 8029



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