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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

1206 AM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LENOIR COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

100 AM EDT...



AT 1205 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER GREENE COUNTY 

CONTINUE TO DROP SLOWLY SOUTH OVER EASTERN LENOIR COUNTY. HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS WILL DROP ANOTHER 1/2 INCH OR SO OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. 



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   KINSTON. THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE ALONG ADKINS     

   BRANCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF KINSTON. 





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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