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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

453 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR MARTIN

COUNTY...



AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR HAMILTON...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

WILLIAMSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED OVER 

PARTS OF MARTIN COUNTY...AND ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS DURING 

THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3578 7739 3566 7723 3603 7678 3618 7699



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