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WGUS72 KMHX 031501

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NCC031-049-031615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1100 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR EASTERN 

CARTERET AND SOUTHEAST CRAVEN COUNTIES...



AT 1047 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY...AND ALONG A LINE 

EXTENDING FROM NORTH HARLOWE TO JUST EAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING WEST 

AT 10 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR...  

CEDAR ISLAND AROUND 1115 AM EDT...

SEA LEVEL AROUND 1115 AM EDT...

BETTIE AROUND 1120 AM EDT...

NORTH HARLOWE AROUND 1125 AM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3499 7625 3468 7652 3475 7691 3498 7684



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