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000

WGUS72 KMHX 110441

FFSMHX

NCC107-110545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1234 AM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR LENOIR

COUNTY...



AT 1231 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF JONESTOWN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

TRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR KINSTON...JONESTOWN...DEEP 

RUN...AND MOSS HILL.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3538 7756 3532 7784 3515 7778 3503 7770

      3524 7746



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