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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

605 PM EDT WED MAY 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR DUPLIN

COUNTY...



AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 

MAGNOLIA TO BEAUTANCUS...MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MAGNOLIA...KENANSVILLE...FAISON...BOWDENS AND BEAUTANCUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE RAIN SHOULD END BY 715 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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.



LAT...LON 3495 7815 3486 7815 3484 7807 3505 7788

      3514 7791 3517 7805 3511 7815



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