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000 

WGUS72 KMHX 222351

FFSMHX

NCC013-230100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

749 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 747 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD FORD...OR 

NORTH OF  WASHINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS 

DRIFTING EAST. CHERRY RUN ROAD WAS REPORTED FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR 

SHOWS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT 

COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 3572 7721 3554 7719 3553 7686 3567 7690



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