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WGUS72 KMHX 230148

FFSMHX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

947 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



NCC079-107-230215-

LENOIR NC-GREENE NC-

947 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR GREENE AND

LENOIR COUNTIES...



AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY 

LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNOW HILL...

JASON AND HOOKERTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1015 PM.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3543 7783 3533 7781 3515 7762 3533 7743

      3547 7764



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