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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1112 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



NCC079-107-230330-

LENOIR NC-GREENE NC-

1112 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR GREENE AND

LENOIR COUNTIES...



AT 1107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3558 7781 3516 7796 3509 7750 3546 7737



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