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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

937 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 3

  INCHES IN AN HOUR OVER GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE 

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   GREENVILLE.

   BRUCE.

   STOKES.

   WHITEHURST.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.



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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