Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WGUS72 KMHX 192317
FFSMHX
NCC061-200045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...TO CONTINUE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
714 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003

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

AT 714 PM EDT...MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN 
DUPLIN COUNTY...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE CONTINUES...AND ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MAY MOVE OVER 
SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 
TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF DUPLIN COUNTY DURING THE 
LAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH 
THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE ENDED...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE FLOOD 
WATERS RECEDE.

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
   ROSE HILL...AND...TEACHEY.
   GREENEVERS.
   CHINQUAPIN...AND...BEULAVILLE.
   CYPRESS CREEK.

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

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LAT...LON 3502 7812 3476 7819 3473 7769 3492 7765
          3503 7776

20

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
315 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003

DECENT COVERAGE OF CONVECTION UPSTREAM AND EXPECT SOME OF IT TO HOLD
TOGETHER AND MOVE INTO MHX CWA THIS EVE AS COLD FRONT DROPS S AND
SHRT WV MOVES ACROSS. CURRENTLY GOING WITH 50 POP FOR THIS EVENING
BUT MAY ADJUST AT PRESS TIME BASED ON LATEST COVERAGE ON RADAR.

UPR TROF MOVES E OF AREA OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO DRIER AND MORE
STABLE CONDITIONS FOR SUN AND SUN NIGHT. WITH WEAKENING SFC FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IN VCTY AND SEA BREEZE ACTION...WILL CONTINUE WITH 20 POP
FOR SUN AFTN.

TROF BEGINS TO DIG TO W AGAIN MON...AND THEN FAIRLY STRONG TUE-FRI
RESULTING IN UNSETTLED PERIOD WITH GOOD CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS EACH DAY.
LEFT 20 POP FOR MON BUT INCREASED TO 50 FOR TUE-FRI. TROF MOVES OUT
LATE FRI BUT FRONT STALLED OVER AREA SO WENT WITH 20 POP.

MARINE:  SW FLOW OVER CSTL WTRS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL THROUGH
MON. WITH FRONT APPROACHING TONIGHT WILL KEEP WINDS 15 KT N AND
SOUNDS TO 15 TO 20 S...SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. WINDS EXPECTED TO DECREASE
SUN WITH SEAS SUBSIDING INTO 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE. WINDS WILL PICK UP
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UNUSUALLY STRONG UPR TRF DVLPS TO THE W. GFS
SHOWS 30 KTS AND 8 TO 10 FOOT SEAS LATER TUE INTO WED. FOR NOW WILL
KEEPS SPEEDS IN 20 TO 25 KT RANGE WITH SEAS BUILDING TO OR ABOVE 6
FEET TUE INTO WED.

.MHX...NONE.

JBM/RAP

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-191100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
330 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND SOME COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS, GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR, AND SMALL
HAIL.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM SOUTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS TO NORTH OF SURF CITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.