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NCC117-042145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

352 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 349 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLIAMSTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  JAMESVILLE BY 420 PM EDT...



FLASH FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED NEAR BEARGRASS...ALONG HIGHWAY 

17...HIGHWAY 64 MAINLY EAST OF WILLIAMSTON...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 171.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3588 7719 3582 7726 3575 7722 3573 7714

      3570 7705 3572 7685 3591 7685



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