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WGUS72 KMHX 222341

FFSMHX

NCC147-230100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

738 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PITT

COUNTY...



AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR SIMPSON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF GREENVILLE. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 264 FROM 

GREENVILLE EAST. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS MOVING 

EAST AT 5 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3570 7741 3552 7738 3560 7717 3574 7725



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