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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

309 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 310 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS OVER 

  WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY.  GASTON WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY 

  NORTHWARD THROUGH WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE 

  HOURS.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES NEAR THE CENTER OF  

  THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS IS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE      

  RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS 

  EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LANE TO KINGSTREE TO 

  CADES.



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.



PEOPLE LIVING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT 

FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED AND REPORT THE FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY.  ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.



LAT...LON 3368 7999 3371 7999 3372 7997 3377 7998

      3383 7991 3387 7988 3387 7984 3358 7976

      3350 7995 3359 8005



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