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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

252 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



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

EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT...



AT 251 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

FLOODING DOWNPOURS CONTINUED 6 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT...OR ABOUT 7 

MILES SOUTH OF HAVELOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN CARTERET 

COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT ALONG LAKE ROAD. 



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED...

   FROM CAPE CARTERET TO JUST NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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