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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

430 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2003



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

UNTIL 545 PM EDT...



AT 430 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS 

CONTINUED OVER NORTH RIVER...OR ABOUT OVER BEAUFORT...MOVING EAST AT 

15 MPH.



FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NORTH RIVER...AND...BEAUFORT.

   BETTIE.

   OTWAY...AND...STRAITS.

   SMYRNA.

   DAVIS.

   STACY.



AT 415 PM THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER ON MANY STREETS 

IN DOWNTOWN 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR

THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.



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LAT...LON 3484 7687 3473 7689 3468 7646 3487 7630



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