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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

910 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 908 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM 6 MILES 

  NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC TO BEAUFORT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM CEDAR ISLAND TO BEAUFORT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  BEAUFORT BY 915 AM EDT...

  OPEN GROUNDS FARM BY 920 AM EDT...

  NORTH RIVER BY 930 AM EDT...

  SOUTH RIVER BY 1000 AM EDT...

  NORTH HARLOWE BY 1010 AM EDT...

  NEWPORT BY 1015 AM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.



LAT...LON 3499 7625 3468 7652 3475 7691 3498 7684



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