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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
ISSUED BY NWS WAKEFIELD VA
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

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WESTERN DARE NC-WESTERN HYDE NC-
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES EAST OF MAINLAND DARE COUNTY 
TO NORTHWESTERN OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 
15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS HYDE 
COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM. 

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF 
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

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