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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1005 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1000 AM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO      

  REPORT FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY NEAR SCOTLAND

  NECK AND ENFIELD. CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY CONTINUE TO RISE AND ARE NOW FLOODING NEAR SPEED. 



* HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA DURING PAST 24 HOURS HAS DIMINISHED 

  AND THE CURRENT FLOODING IS A RESULT OF RUNOFF. SCATTERED SHOWERS

  ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...MORE WIDESPREAD 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND   

  EVENING. 



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT FROM FLOOD WATERS AS THEY MAY BE OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

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