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WGUS52 KMHX 230304

FFWMHX

NCC147-230600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1100 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   MOST OF THE RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS PITT COUNTY. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS FOR 

SEVERAL MORE HOURS. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE NEAR GREENVILLE HAD UP 

TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN PLACES. HIGHWAY 258 NORTH OF FARMVILLE WAS 

ALSO FLOODED.



*  AREAS BETWEEN PACTOLUS AND FARMVILLE HAVE 

   RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN...WITH DOPPLER ESTIMATES OF MORE THAN 6    

   INCHES



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 3569 7749 3551 7747 3551 7715 3574 7717



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