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WGUS72 KMHX 040422

FFSMHX

NCC107-040530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1221 AM EDT MON OCT 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR LENOIR

COUNTY...



AT 1218 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR KINSTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE MOVE OVER THE 

EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF MORE THAN

4 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY WEST OF GRIFTON.



AT 1215 AM LENOIR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TWO INCHES OF 

WATER ACROSS THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 258 NORTH 

AND HIGHWAY 70.



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.



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3522 7771 3522 7749 3540 7749 3540 7771



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