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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT - CONTINUE WARNING FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

1106 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARTERET COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL NOON EDT...



AT 1110 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING DOWNPOURS 

ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE THROUGH NOON. A TOTAL OF 3 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY SINCE 800 

AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE NOON.



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   STELLA....AND...NEWPORT.

   INDIAN BEACH...AND...SALTER PATH.

   EMERALD ISLE...AND...BROAD CREEK. 



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.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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