

000 

WGUS51 KAKQ 250103

FFWAKQ

NCC073-139-143-250230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

902 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 1030 PM EDT



* AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR RYLAND...MOVING EAST AT

  20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN GATES...NORTHERN PERQUIMANNS AND

  CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTIES.



* 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...ELIZABETH CITY...MORGANS CORNER...HOBBSVILLE...

  CHAPANOKE 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 3627 7657 3631 7658 3631 7669 3637 7673

          3649 7647 3635 7622 3624 7611 3620 7652

          3620 7662

$$



MALOIT

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000 

WGUS51 KAKQ 250103

FFWAKQ

NCC073-139-143-250230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

902 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 1030 PM EDT



* AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR RYLAND...MOVING EAST AT

  20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN GATES...NORTHERN PERQUIMANNS AND

  CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTIES.



* 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...ELIZABETH CITY...MORGANS CORNER...HOBBSVILLE...

  CHAPANOKE 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 3627 7657 3631 7658 3631 7669 3637 7673

          3649 7647 3635 7622 3624 7611 3620 7652

          3620 7662

$$



MALOIT

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