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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
902 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA..
  ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL
RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV.

&&

NCC117-230202-
/O.CON.KMHX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/WLLN7.1.DR.091115T1240Z.091123T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
902 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.2 FEET BY
  THURSDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...LOW LAND FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER CAN
  BE EXPECTED.

$$

             FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 7AM EST
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME    SUN    MON    TUE

ROANOKE RIVER
  WILLIAMSTON 10  11.1 SAT 07 PM   11.2   11.2   11.2

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