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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

714 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003



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

845 PM EDT...



AT 714 PM EDT...MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN 

DUPLIN COUNTY...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE CONTINUES...AND ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MAY MOVE OVER 

SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 

TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF DUPLIN COUNTY DURING THE 

LAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH 

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE ENDED...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE FLOOD 

WATERS RECEDE.



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   ROSE HILL...AND...TEACHEY.

   GREENEVERS.

   CHINQUAPIN...AND...BEULAVILLE.

   CYPRESS CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. 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.



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 3502 7812 3476 7819 3473 7769 3492 7765

          3503 7776



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