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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

946 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



NCC117-147-187-081500-

WASHINGTON NC-MARTIN NC-PITT NC-

946 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR PITT...

MARTIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 945 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WILLIAMSTON...WESTOVER...SCUPPERNONG...ROPER...ROBERSONVILLE...

PLYMOUTH...PLEASANT GROVE...OAK CITY...JAMESVILLE...HASSELL...

HAMILTON...GOLD POINT...EVERETTS...DARDEN AND BETHEL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL MOVE INTO AREA WITHIN

THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA

WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE

EARLY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY REQUIRE AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT

WARNING IN EFFECT.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3565 7698 3574 7717 3564 7718 3557 7710

      3552 7719 3554 7753 3576 7752 3581 7736

      3586 7734 3600 7740 3599 7721 3593 7718

      3593 7704 3585 7704 3589 7694 3581 7689

      3588 7683 3585 7677 3594 7669 3591 7645



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