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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1219 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PITT COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM EDT SUNDAY

MORNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...COVERED MUCH 

OF PITT COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

FALLEN OVER A WIDE AREA OF PITT COUNTY DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  THE

SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM THE EAST...THOUGH

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LOCALIZED ROAD

CLOSERS DUE TO FLOODED  ROADWAYS HAS BEEN ENFORCED IN PARTS OF

GREENVILLE AND FARMVILLE. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS,

YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED.



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