Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Sep 18, 2000, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)

Expired

Sep 18, 2000, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

81 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Onslow County, NC

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WGUS52 KMHX 181754
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NCC133-181915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
154 PM EDT MON SEP 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 17 FROM SNEADS    
  FERRY TO CAMP LEJEUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES 
  AROUND 3 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.

* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND
   CAMP LEJEUNE.
   HUBERT.
   DEPPE.
   SNEADS FERRY.
   JACKSONVILLE. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NNNN

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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 18, 11:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1138 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2000

TWO CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON. ONE IS FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE OVERSPREADING THE REGION. PW'S ARE OVER 2" AND
CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FLARE UP OFFSHORE AND SPREAD INLAND. SFC
ANALYSIS PAST FEW HOURS SHOWS A WELL DEFINED COASTAL TROUGH/WARM
FRONT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS FEATURE IS
STRONGEST OVR NE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AM WHERE COLD TOPS HAVE
PERSISTED. THE STRONGER CONVERGENCE WILL SPREAD INTO ESTRN NC THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE REMNANTS OF GORDON CONTINUE NE. SINCE THE TRACK OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GORDON ARE MOVING MORE WESTWARD THAN EARLIER
FORECASTS...FLOOD POTENTIAL HAS SHIFTED MORE INLAND. SATELLITE AND
RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE AREA FROM SNOW HILL TO KENANSVILLE
ALREADY HAS RECEIVED OCNLY HVY RAIN MOST OF THE AM AND WITH COLD
TOPS OVER SC MOVG TWRDS THIS REGION...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES FOR 3-5 INCH AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING.

OTHER WORRY IS POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF SPINUP TORNADOES. WE HAVE
OBSERVED SEVERAL WELL DEVELOPED...BUT MOSTLY SHALLOW MESO-CYCLONES
JUST OFFSHORE. THIS POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS
THERMAL/MOISTURE BOUNDARY STRENGTHENS AND SHIFTS INLAND.

CWF: SMALL CRAFT ADV WILL BE CONTINUED FOR THE SRN WATERS. STILL
SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW STRONG WINDS WILL BE UP N...SO WILL HOLD OFF
ON ISSUING THE SCA AND WAIT TIL THE AFTERNOON ZONES TO DECIDE.

.MHX...SCA CSTL WTRS S OF HAT AND PAMLICO SND.
       FLOOD WATCH DUPLIN...LENOIR...GREEN...PITT...AND MARTIN
       COUNTIES.

ELARDO

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