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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

413 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



AT 413 PM EDT...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN 

MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END...BUT 

FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE RAINS SHOULD BE SLOWER TO END. WATER 

SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS ROADS IN WESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY AND LOW 

LYING AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM THE RAIN 

THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER 5 

PM...AND MUCH OF THE FLOODING SHOULD END BY 6 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. 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 3547 7643 3542 7624 3570 7637 3569 7661



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