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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1113 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1110 PM EDT...MOST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER RADAR INDICATES MANY PLACES HAVE RECEIVED OVER 5 

INCHES OF RAIN. SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SERIOUS 

FLOODING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS FLOODED AND SOME 

WASHED OUT. HIGHWAY 70 EASTBOUND NEAR LAGRANGE IN LENOIR COUNTY WAS 

CLOSED.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   WARSAW...LAGRANGE...SNOW HILL...AND GREENVILLE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING 

WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 3488 7773 3491 7795 3571 7746 3565 7720

          3534 7739 3530 7745 3526 7744 3523 7747

          3524 7752 3516 7752 3507 7761 3500 7773

          3496 7768 3488 7767



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