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WGUS72 KMHX 232254

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NCC147-232330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

650 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PITT

COUNTY...



AT 650 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 

THE BLACKJACK SIMPSON ROAD. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW OVER 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN FEEL OVER PARTS OF EASTERN PITT COUNTY. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY 

DIMINISH THROUGH 730 PM...HOWEVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY PERSIST ALONG 

SMALL STREAM AND LOW LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3570 7717 3572 7718 3572 7719 3570 7717

      3568 7718 3571 7721 3564 7739 3548 7732

      3549 7720 3555 7715 3555 7711 3556 7710

      3560 7715



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