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WGUS72 KMHX 111928

FFSMHX

NCC133-112015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

328 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR ONSLOW

COUNTY...



AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN ONSLOW COUNTY. 2 TO 3 FEET 

OF WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS IN JACKSONVILLE. THESE 

STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SNEADS FERRY TO 8 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWS RUN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH 

TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  SNEADS FERRY AROUND 330 PM EDT...

  FOLKSTONE AROUND 330 PM EDT...

  HOLLY RIDGE AROUND 340 PM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3459 7723 3488 7731 3493 7760 3473 7770

      3446 7756



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