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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

812 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HOBBSVILLE...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES HAD 

  FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN GATES COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...MORGANS CORNER...HOBBSVILLE AND BELVIDERE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3631 7658 3629 7667 3636 7673 3648 7647

          3644 7637 3633 7619 3627 7636 3620 7659

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