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000 

WGUS52 KMHX 181646

FFWMHX

NCC031-049-137-182045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1245 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAIN BANDS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS FROM SILVER

  HILL TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  BAYBORO TO 6 MILES WEST OF ATLANTIC BEACH...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

  ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED EARLY THIS

  AFTERNOON. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF

  ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

  ADDITIONAL RAIN LIKELY THROUGH 330 PM.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NEWPORT...AND...SILVER HILL.

   NEUSE FOREST...AND...HAVELOCK.

   RIVERDALE.

   OLYMPIA...AND...BROAD CREEK.

   CAYTON...AND...JAMES CITY.

   CATFISH LAKE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. 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.



$$



LAT...LON 3529 7658 3500 7664 3470 7657 3469 7710

          3507 7715 3536 7717 3521 7685



20/08

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000 

WGUS52 KMHX 181646

FFWMHX

NCC031-049-137-182045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1245 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAIN BANDS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS FROM SILVER

  HILL TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWPORT...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  BAYBORO TO 6 MILES WEST OF ATLANTIC BEACH...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

  ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED EARLY THIS

  AFTERNOON. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF

  ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

  ADDITIONAL RAIN LIKELY THROUGH 330 PM.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NEWPORT...AND...SILVER HILL.

   NEUSE FOREST...AND...HAVELOCK.

   RIVERDALE.

   OLYMPIA...AND...BROAD CREEK.

   CAYTON...AND...JAMES CITY.

   CATFISH LAKE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...AND HIGHWAYS. 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.



$$



LAT...LON 3529 7658 3500 7664 3470 7657 3469 7710

          3507 7715 3536 7717 3521 7685



20/08

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