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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

750 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



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

930 PM EDT...



AT 750 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN 

DUPLIN COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE 

WARNED AREA FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH BY 830 PM.  



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   GREENEVERS.

   CHINQUAPIN...AND...BEULAVILLE.

   CYPRESS CREEK.



OTHER LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT FLOODING INCLUDE MAGNOLIA...ROSE HILL

AND TEACHEY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS....ESPECIALLY ALONG 

HIGHWAY 117 BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND ROSE HILL. 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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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