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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

213 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS

  OVER BOGUE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF EMERALD ISLE...MOVING       

  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL 

  PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NEWPORT.

   HARLOWE.

   SOUTH RIVER.

   CAPE CARTERET



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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