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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

300 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING DOWNPOURS

  OVER NEW HOLLAND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING

  NORTH AT 35 MPH. RAIN FALL IN THIS BAND MAY REACH 2 INCHES IN THE 

  NEXT HOUR. THIS BAND WILL MOVE OVER AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY SEEN

  UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING

  OF ROADWAYS ACROSS EASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINS

  MAY OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   LAKE LANDING.

   LAKE MATTAMUSKEET...AND...ROSE BAY.

   FAIRFIELD.

   ALLIGATOR LAKE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. 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 3535 7633 3539 7611 3545 7604 3569 7635

          3568 7651 3545 7649



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