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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

938 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



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DUPLIN NC-LENOIR NC-

940 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR LENOIR AND

DUPLIN COUNTIES...



AT 940 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE FREQUENT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS WHICH WILL CONTINUE 

TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. 



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

MOSS HILL...KORNEGAY...KINSTON...JONESTOWN...DEEP RUN AND ALBERTSON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE LIKELY OVER DUPLIN COUNTY 

AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER LENOIR COUNTY. THE FLOOD WARNINGS WILL 

LIKELY BE EXTENDED BEFORE 1015 AM. 



SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 41 

BETWEEN CHINQUAPIN AND BEULAVILLE IN DUPLIN COUNTY...AND THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 58 AND AND BAXTER ROAD IN LENOIR COUNTY.



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 3474 7802 3472 7778 3530 7748 3534 7773



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