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WGUS72 KMHX 112132

FFSMHX

NCZ090-112230-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

531 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR DUPLIN COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM

EDT...



AT 531 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

FLOODING DOWNPOURS CONTINUED FROM KORNEGAY TO BEAUTANCUS.



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   KORNEGAY.

   BEAUTANCUS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN KORNEGAY AND BEAUTANCUS. HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 600 

PM. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR

THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.



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LAT...LON 3511 7779 3511 7815 3513 7877 3513 7841



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