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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

553 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS 

AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER MUCH OF BERTIE 

COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 

LEWISTON AND HIGH WATER WAS ACROSS ROUTE 13 BETWEEN WINDSOR AND 

WILLIAMSTON. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY TODAY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH 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

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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GINGRICH

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