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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC

630 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS

  OVER NEWPORT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF HAVELOCK...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   NEWPORT.

   HARLOWE.

   SOUTH RIVER.

   MOREHEAD CITY.



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.



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.





LAT...LON 3533 7617 3502 7634 3525 7635 3497 7642

          3471 7679 3470 7698 3476 7706 3483 7700

          3484 7675 3489 7663 3498 7666 3500 7652

          3509 7639 3549 7632



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