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WGUS72 KMHX 232259

FFSMHX

NCC107-232330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

656 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 655 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 

SEVERAL ROADS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF KINSTON. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF LENOIR 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHEAST CORNER. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

SMALL STREAMS 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 3512 7776 3517 7783 3535 7782 3536 7770

      3533 7767 3538 7756 3542 7753 3542 7747

      3535 7745 3533 7739 3530 7745 3525 7744

      3523 7753 3516 7752 3508 7759 3500 7773

      3500 7774



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