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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1205 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



NCC013-081645-

BEAUFORT NC-

1211 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR BEAUFORT

COUNTY...



AT 1211 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

SERIOUS FLOODING ACROSS BEAUFORT COUNTY. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT IS THE 

CITIES OF WASHINGTON AND AURORA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED FLOODED 

AND IMPASSABLE IN THESE AREAS. HIGH WATER HAS ENTERED SOME 

RESIDENCES IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. A PUBLIC SHELTER IS BEING 

OPENED AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AT NOON. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 

INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST OVER THE 

WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND 8 

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON 

OF AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM...THEN THE RAIN SHOULD 

BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. FURTHER EAST...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM AURORA TO BELHAVEN THROUGH 1 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WASHINGTON...

TERRA CEIA...AURORA...PINETOWN AND OLD FORD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3543 7718 3529 7651 3570 7672 3571 7717



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