Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WGUS72 KMHX 181912
FFSMHX
NCC095-182200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
311 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 311 PM EDT...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING 
DOWNPOURS CONTINUED OVER FAIRFIELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF 
SWANQUARTER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN 
WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE NEXT HOUR. 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF MANY ROADS IN 
WESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY.

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   ALLIGATOR LAKE.

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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3540 7634 3549 7614 3566 7635 3567 7657

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000 
WGUS72 KMHX 182017
FFSMHX
NCC095-182200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
413 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 413 PM EDT...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN 
MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END...BUT 
FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE RAINS SHOULD BE SLOWER TO END. WATER 
SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS ROADS IN WESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY AND LOW 
LYING AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM THE RAIN 
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER 5 
PM...AND MUCH OF THE FLOODING SHOULD END BY 6 PM.

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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3547 7643 3542 7624 3570 7637 3569 7661

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000 
WGUS72 KMHX 182145
FFSMHX
NCC095-182245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
545 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAINLAND HYDE HAS EXPIRED...

HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE AREA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT

ALTHOUGH A FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...A FLOOD WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. REMAIN ALERT FOR 
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING UNTIL THE WATCH 
EXPIRES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
230 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003

ISABEL MOVED ONSHORE AROUND CEDAR ISLAND AND CONTS TO LIFT NW TOWARD
INLAND AREAS. CSTL SITES HAD WINDS TO HURRICANE FORCE WITH SOME
ESTIMATED GUSTS ABOVE 110 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 5 INCHES IN
SPOTS AND STILL RAINING HARD MANY SPOTS. SEAS ARE MASSIVE OFF OUTER
BANKS WITH SERIOUS OVERWASH OCCURRING...CAN SEE SOME OF THIS WITH
PIER CAMS AT DUCK COE PIER. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BAD FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS AS ISABEL MOVES NW AND AWAY FROM REGION OVERNIGHT. WL
LIKELY ISSUE FCST BEFORE 4 PM WITH CRNT HEADLINES THEN ADJUST AS
NEEDED AFTER NEW ADVRY COMES OUT. QUIET WX THEN EXPECTED THRU
WEEKEND AS HGTS BUILD AND ATMS REMAIN DRY. WILL SEE CHC OF PRECIP
DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPR TRF APPROACHES FROM W WITH GFS
SHOWING SOME MOISTURE LIFTING ONSHORE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE.

MARINE: AS THE EYE OF ISABEL CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND...HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR 34 KTS...FOR MOST OF THE CWA BY 200
AM TONIGHT. RESIDUAL HIGH SEAS WILL REQUIRE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
THROUGH FRI.

.MHX...HURRICANE WARNING COASTAL AREAS.
    ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING INLAND COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
       AND  EVENING.
    ...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
    ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...

RF/RAP

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-181145-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
546 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THORUGH
THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORY ON HURRICANE ISABEL
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ALONG WITH HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENTS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AND AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND
WARNING ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

JBM