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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

653 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAINLAND DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING            

  DOWNPOURS FROM MANNS HARBOR TO 5 MILES WEST OF EAST LAKE...MOVING  

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF            

  RAINFALL PER HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES      

  OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN NEAR BUFFALO CITY SINCE THIS AFTERNOON.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   BUFFALO CITY.

   EAST LAKE.

   MANNS HARBOR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3566 7590 3567 7602 3582 7600 3589 7600

          3593 7593 3597 7594 3597 7582 3586 7572

          3566 7570



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