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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

900 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FARMVILLE...OR ABOUT       

  9 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL        

  EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS EASTERN 

  PITT COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE         

  FLASH  FLOODING. PEOPLE ALONG CHICOD CREEK...GRINDEL CREEK AND     

  TRANTERS CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE OVER   

  WESTERN PITT COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...BE NEAR...  RENSTON BY 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3554 7753 3553 7756 3559 7764 3565 7766

      3578 7727 3575 7726 3575 7721 3573 7718

      3571 7720 3568 7718 3566 7719 3556 7710

      3555 7715 3550 7718 3549 7750



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