Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WGUS72 KMHX 111132
FFSMHX
NCC013-111215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
730 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 815 AM EDT...

AT 730 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 
DOWNPOURS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR CONTINUED FROM PANTEGO TO AURORA...OR 
FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELHAVEN TO 8 MILES NORTH OF 
BAYBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   YEATESVILLE...AND...AURORA.
   PANTEGO...AND...PUNGO.
   BELHAVEN.
   PAMLICO BEACH.
   LEECHVILLE.

OTHER LOCATIONS THAT CAN EXPECT FLOODING INCLUDE 
BATH...BAYVIEW...SYDNEY CROSSROADS...AND TERRA CEIA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. 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.

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

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LAT...LON 3550 7660 3523 7663 3522 7683 3544 7724
          3558 7712 3571 7723 3573 7713 3565 7698
          3571 7684 3571 7664 3552 7650

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
200 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 2003

A WEAK VORT WILL MOVE NE ACROSS E NC THIS MORNING AND COULD TRIGGER
SOME SCT SHRA/ISOLD TSTMS BUT APPEARS MAIN ACTION WILL BE OFFSHORE.
NO REAL TRIGGERING MECHANISM THIS AFTN OTHER THAN SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY. SO FOR THIS MORNING WILL GO WITH 30 POPS NEAR THE COAST
AND 20 INLAND AND VICE VERSA FOR THIS AFTN. DRIER WX IS IN THE
OFFING AS UPPER TROUGH TO OUR W RETROGRADES AND THEN UPPER
HIGH/RIDGE TO OUR E MOVES W BEGINNING TOMORROW. BASICALLY NEAR CLIMO
POPS THROUGH FRI. WILL NOT TAMPER WITH EXTENDED AS WEEKEND LOOKS
PRETTY NICE FOR NOW. LATEST GFS TRIES TO WORK A COLD FRONT INTO OUR
CWA SAT BUT AT THIS POINT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HANG UP N OF OUR CWA.

TEMPS...GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE CLOSE AND WILL BLEND WITH A LITTLE MORE
WEIGHT TOWARD MET AS IT DID A GOOD JOB WITH YESTERDAYS HIGHS FOR
OUR CWA.

.MARINE...CURRENT BUOY TRENDS SHOWING A DECREASE IN SEA HEIGHTS NEAR
SHORE WITH PERIODS GENERALLY REMAINING BELOW 8 SECONDS. THIS IS IN
LINE WITH TRENDS IN FORECAST AND CURRENT WWIII GUIDANCE. MODELS
INDICATE LESSENING OF WIND FIELD THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE
FORECAST ALONG WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SEA HEIGHTS. STILL...
NUMBERS INDICATE SOME RESIDUAL SE SWELL THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AROUND PERIPHERY OF BERMUDA HIGH. NEAR SHORE WINDS WILL FIGHT THIS
THOUGH THROUGH LATTER PORTIONS OF FORECAST AS LARGE HIGH TRIES TO
BUILD INLAND AND WEAK SFC TROF DROPS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE COAST BY
MIDDAY SAT. THIS SHOULD HELP TO CREATE SFC WINDS MORE SW TO W WITH
SOME WIND WAVE ON TOP OF SWELL BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. WILL MENTION
MODERATE RIPS SOUTH OF HATTERAS TODAY. GIVEN DECREASE IN WIND ENERGY
AND DECREASE WAVE ENERGY RIP THREAT MAY BE EVEN A BIT LOWER...BUT
WILL MAINTAIN HEIGHTENED AWARENESS GIVEN EVENTS OF PAST FEW DAYS.

.MHX...NONE.

WS/MF

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-111100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
333 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE
FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE THREAT OF
RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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