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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

227 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  ELIZABETH CITY TO WINFALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WHITEHALL SHORES...WEEKSVILLE...SHILOH...OLD TRAP...NIXONTON...

  INDIANTOWN...HERTFORD...CHAPANOKE...CAMDEN AND BELVIDERE.



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 3642 7599 3628 7659 3613 7652 3622 7590



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