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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

630 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



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

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS

  FROM OVER CHINQUAPIN WEST TO ROSE HILL. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY

  STATIONARY.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   CHINQUAPIN.

   CYPRESS CREEK.

   ROSE HILL.

   MAGNOLIA.

   CHARITY.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING AS STORMS MOVE 

INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST.



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.



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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