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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

431 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



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

530 PM EDT...



AT 429 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER DUPLIN 

COUNTY...HOWEVER SOME ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS COULD DROP LOCAL AMOUNTS 

OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN 

WARSAW WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON ROUTE 117 SOUTH. FLOODING WAS 

ALSO REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR WARSAW.



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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LAT...LON 3514 7811 3520 7802 3515 7792 3518 7781

          3509 7774 3499 7798



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