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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1158 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED  

  TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO ROTATE NORTHWEST TO     

  SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF BERTIE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED    

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS    

  OF BERTIE COUNTY. ALSO...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 9      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY.



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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