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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
523 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

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523 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARLBORO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 523 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN 
MARLBORO COUNTY JUST NORTH OF CHAVISTOWN WITH OVER FOUR INCHES OF 
RAIN ESTIMATED ADJACENT TO THIS AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER 
THE REGION.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
NC...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3464 7978 3472 7988 3481 7989 3479 7967
      3477 7963 3462 7947 3452 7952 3452 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 180DEG 0KT 3467 7978

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