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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

857 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



...WATERS GRADUALLY RECEDING ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY THIS MORNING...



EXCESSIVE RAINS FROM THE TROPICAL REMNANTS OF ALLISON HAVE PRODUCED 

RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF MARTIN COUNTY 

OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOME AREAS 

RECEIVED UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AS A RESULT MANY SECONDARY 

ROADS ARE STILL UNDER SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER.



ALONG HIGHWAY 125 FROM OAK CITY TO BERTIE COUNTY...WATER STILL 

COVERS THE ROAD...BUT IT IS SLOWLY RECEDING. HIGHWAY 17 AND HIGHWAY 

64 ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND ARE SAFELY PASSABLE ACCORDING TO LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT.



LATEST RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS FROM THE TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE 

SYSTEM REMAIN NORTH OF MARTIN COUNTY NEAR THE VIRGINIA STATE 

LINE...WHICH IS NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS ARE 

POSSIBLE TODAY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT 

APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT.

THIS FRONT MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL 

THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA 

ROADS SINCE THE GROUND IS SO WET...BUT MAJOR FLOODING IS NOT 

ANTICIPATED.



STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IF YOU LIVE OR HAVE 

INTERESTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  



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