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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

400 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THIS MORNING

FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN NORTH CAROLINA

  GATES                            BERTIE

  WESTERN CURRITUCK                PASQUOTANK

  HERTFORD                         EASTERN CURRITUCK

  NORTHAMPTON                      PERQUIMANS

  CHOWAN                           CAMDEN



SHOWERS WITH OCCASSIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER 

RAIN BANDS FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON...WILL 

CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. 

THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST...AND ANY SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE 

EXTREMELY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE REMAINS 

UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EVENTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON 

THROUGH TONIGHT...THEREFORE THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD THREAT EXISTS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE INDICATED

AREAS. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PEOPLE

ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY IF

HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. BE READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD AT A

BRIDGE...DIP OR LOW SPOT...OR IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD...STOP AND

TURN AROUND.



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