Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
719 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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GREENE NC-PITT NC-
719 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PITT AND
GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 716 PM EDT DUAL POL DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN GREENE AND WESTERN PITT COUNTIES SINCE
THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED
RECENTLY...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE
ADVISORY AREA AND COULD MOVE INTO THIS REGION DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH COULD OCCUR IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT...LON 3570 7762 3562 7739 3546 7765 3558 7781

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