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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1100 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EASTERN 

NORTH CAROLINA...GREENE...MAINLAND HYDE...PAMLICO...PITT...JONES...

LENOIR...MAINLAND DARE...WASHINGTON...TYRRELL...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT...

DUPLIN...ONSLOW...MARTIN...AND CARTERET. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 500 PM EDT TODAY. 



AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL STORM 

ALLISON...IS LOCATED MID WAY BETWEEN NEW BERN AND KENANSVILLE. THE 

LOW IS NEARLY STATIONARY...WITH JUST A VERY SLOW NORTH NORTHEAST 

DRIFT. THE LOW WILL LINGER IN THE VICINITY OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 

INTO FRIDAY. MOIST TROPICAL AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL PRODUCE 

FREQUENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS 

TODAY. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING HAS BEEN IN A BAND ACROSS DOWNEAST 

CARTERET COUNTY AND OCRACOKE THROUGH SWANQUARTER AND EASTERN 

BEAUFORT COUNTY TOWARDS WILLIAMSTON. FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM THIS 

MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AN AVERAGE OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 

THIS AREA WITH ISOLATED SPOTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 

INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES. THESE AMOUNTS MAY 

PRODUCE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...AND DEEP PONDING ON AREA 

ROADS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND

OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER...AND BE

PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING

OCCUR...OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD

AT A BRIDGE...DIP OR LOW SPOT...OR IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD...STOP

AND TURN AROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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