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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

925 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



NCC013-081400-

BEAUFORT NC-

925 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR BEAUFORT

COUNTY...



AT 922 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

YEATESVILLE...WASHINGTON...TERRA CEIA...RIVER ROAD...RANSOMVILLE...

PINETOWN...OLD FORD...CHOCOWINITY...BLOUNTS CREEK...BAYVIEW AND BATH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 

WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS

IMPASSABLE IN WASHINGTON AND HIGH WATER IN AURORA. THIS WARNING

WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED BEFORE IT EXPIRES.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3539 7715 3527 7668 3563 7663 3567 7711



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