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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

350 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PITT AND

GREENE COUNTIES...



AT 350 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS 

PARTS OF PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES. IN GREENE COUNTY MANY ROADS ARE 

FLOODED...SOME WITH 3 FEET OF WATER COVERING THEM. IN PITT COUNTY 

SEVERAL ROADS IN AND AROUND GREENVILLE ARE FLOODED. RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOW 4 OR MORE INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



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.



LAT...LON 3541 7776 3556 7718 3577 7733 3562 7768



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