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WGUS52 KMHX 230131

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NCC079-230300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

929 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIZZIE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES

  NORTH OF SNOW HILL. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  

  SNOW HILL AROUND 1000 PM EDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3542 7769 3547 7756 3563 7772 3553 7782



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