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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

324 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER      

  MARTIN COUNTY.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY                  

  STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE           

  POSSIBLE IN SPOTS...THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

  AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   WILLIAMSTON.

   EVERETTS.

   ROBERSONVILLE.

   BEARGRASS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IF 

YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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