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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1012 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DUPLIN...LENOIR...GREENE AND PITT

COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...



AT 1010 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM STOKES TO WALLACE...OR FROM 12 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSTON TO WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

THE WARNING AREA IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. THIS HAS PRODUCED 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING WITH MANY AREA ROADWAYS UNDER WATER.



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

KENANSVILLE...KINSTON...SNOW HILL...GREENVILLE...AYDEN...DEEP 

RUN....SIMPSON...JONESTOWN...POTTERS HILL...CHINQUAPIN... 

GRIMESLAND...BLACK JACK...AND SHELMERDINE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 3583 7739 3557 7782 3518 7786 3509 7804

          3472 7817 3471 7776 3501 7768 3567 7703



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