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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

105 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 1254 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY  

  70 IN MOREHEAD CITY.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   MOREHEAD CITY...AND...ATLANTIC BEACH.

   

HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE WILL ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING IN AND        

AROUND ATLANTIC...BEAUFORT...BOGUE...CAPE CARTERET...CEDAR 

POINT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...PELETIER...STACY AND STRAITS. 

HIGHWAY 70 AND ADJACENT ROADWAYS IN MOREHEAD CITY...ALONG HIGHWAY 24 

IN WESTERN CARTERET COUNTY...AND LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 58 FROM 

PINE KNOLL SHORES TO SALTER PATH...ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE DUE 

TO RECENT AND FUTURE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. 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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 3468 7714 3461 7673 3461 7650 3495 7631

          3497 7660 3484 7664 3483 7707



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