Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WGUS72 KMHX 132032
FFSMHX
NCC061-132130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DUPLIN COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
530 PM EDT...

AT 429 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER DUPLIN 
COUNTY...HOWEVER SOME ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS COULD DROP LOCAL AMOUNTS 
OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN 
WARSAW WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON ROUTE 117 SOUTH. FLOODING WAS 
ALSO REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR WARSAW.

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 3514 7811 3520 7802 3515 7792 3518 7781
          3509 7774 3499 7798

5

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
303 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

RAINY WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, AND
INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AS WELL.  UPPER TROUGH CONTS TO LINGER OVER
ERN US WITH WEAK VORT MAXES ROTATING THRU.  MSTR IS PENTIFUL
ESPECIALLY BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.  OMEGA FIELD ON GFS SOMEWHAT
SUSPECT TONIGHT BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LIFT TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD
RAIN.  SIMILARLY, ON MON AND TUES, BASIC PATTERN REMAINS THE SAME.
POPS WILL BE IN THE LIKELY RANGE TNGT AND MON AND SLOWLY TAPER FROM
THERE.  WILL UPDATE THE ESF THAT WAS ISSUED ON THE MID SHIFT TO
REFLECT NEW HPC THINKING OF 4 INCHES OVER CWA OVER NEXT 5 DAYS.

MARINE: BERMUDA HIGH IN CONTROL WILL RESULT IN S-SW FLOW OVER OUR
WATERS THROUGH THU. WEAK PRES GRADIENT FRI WILL RESULT IN MAINLY
SEA BREEZE EFFECT WINDS. GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN TOMORROW NIGHT BUT
UNTIL THEN COASTAL WATERS WINDS SHOULD BE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE. MAY
GO WITH MARGINAL SCSEC THIS EVENING BUT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION AT
PRESS TIME. OTHER THAN DODGING SHRA/TSTMS TUE-FRI LOOKS LIKE DECENT
BOATING WX.

.MHX...NONE.

TK/WS

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-131015-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
417 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES
FROM SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TO NORTH OF SURF CITY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN A FEW
AREAS. PLEASE SEE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK PRODUCT ISSUED BY
THIS OFFICE AROUND 5 AM FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JBM