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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

622 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS

  FROM 5 MILES EAST OF POTTERS HILL TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSE

  HILL...OR FROM 8 MILES EAST OF BEULAVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF      

  WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS     

  WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   BEULAVILLE...AND...ROSE HILL.

   GREENEVERS.

   CHINQUAPIN.

   CYPRESS CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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LAT...LON 3518 7780 3517 7812 3474 7819 3474 7769

          3495 7766



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