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WGUS52 KMHX 110353

FFWMHX

NCC107-110545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

1152 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 15 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...  

  KINSTON AROUND 1200 AM EDT...

  DEEP RUN AROUND 115 AM EDT...



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.



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 3538 7756 3532 7784 3515 7778 3503 7770

      3524 7746



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