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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

235 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



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

UNTIL 400 PM EDT...



AT 235 PM EDT...SHOWERS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS 

CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF CARTERET COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 



POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   PINE KNOLL SHORES.

   MOREHEAD CITY.

   NEWPORT.

   BEAUFORT.

   CAPE CARTERET.



NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN...4.97 INCHES...HAS FALLEN AT THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH ALL MAIN 

COUNTY ROADS ARE OPEN...DEEP PONDING WAS STILL OCCURRING AND 

CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DITCHES AND CULVERTS ARE 

FILLED AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO MORE FLOODING OF 

ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. UP TO ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3469 7709 3465 7654 3505 7618 3507 7654

          3495 7664 3485 7675 3482 7715



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