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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1147 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT.
* AT 1147 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IN
1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WARSAW, MOUNT OLIVE, KORNEGAY, BOWDENS, BEAUTANCUS, KENANSVILLE,
ALBERTSON, SARECTA, FAISON AND CALYPSO.
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STREET AND ROAD FLOODING
IN GOLDSBORO AND SMITHFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3519 7783 3519 7781 3493 7781 3494 7815
3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7804 3519 7802
3518 7798 3517 7798 3517 7797 3517 7793
3515 7789 3516 7789 3516 7788 3518 7783
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
SIMMS
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