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WGUS52 KRAH 161910

FFWRAH

NCC065-162300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

305 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 305 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A DIKE

  FAILURE ON THE DEEP CREEK NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SPEED.



* THE DIKE HAS BEGUN TO FAIL...WATER IS FLOWING TOWARD THE TOWN OF

  SPEED. THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY NEAR SPEED. 



RESIDENTS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SPEED SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.



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