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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1005 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 1000 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO ROTATE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST 

ACROSS MUCH OF BERTIE COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS...AND ONE ROAD IN ASKEWVILLE WAS 

IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF ONE TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF 

BERTIE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...OFFICIALS REPORTED AS MUCH AS 8.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY NEAR THE ASKEWVILLE AREA.



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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