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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

647 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 647 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A POTENTIAL 

DAM FAILURE NEAR THE TOWN OF SPEED. 



* THE DIKE STRUCTURE HAS A HOLE IN IT. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO 

REPAIR THE DAMAGE. 



PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DIKE NEAR THE 

TOWN OF SPEED SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW 



IN ADDITION THE GROUND OF ENTIRE COUNTY IS SATURATED AND ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND 

FLASH FLOODS.



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JWC

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