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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
445 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002

...FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY AT 445 AM...

AT 443 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST FROM NEAR CAROLINA 
BEACH TO TOPSAIL ISLAND AND SURF CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO 
THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM EARLIER STORMS 
IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY HAS TOTALLED FOUR TO SIX INCHES IN PARTS OF 
THE COUNTY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED...BUT IS BEGINNING TO 
ABATE NOW THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.

UNFORTUNATELY...THUNDERSTORMS COULD REFORM ACROSS THE COUNTY BETWEEN 
5 AND 6 AM. IF HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPS ACROSS AREAS STILL SATURATED 
FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY RESULT. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST NEWS AND WARNINGS ON THIS 
FLOODING SITUATION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

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