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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

1100 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER KINSTON. RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT ANOTHER 1 TO POSSIBLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY 

THROUGH 100 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

FLOODING.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   ADKINS BRANCH.



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 BY

AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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