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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

801 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 758 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILLIAMSTON...WHITEHURST...WESTOVER...STOKES...SIMPSON...

  SCUPPERNONG...ROPER...ROBERSONVILLE...PLYMOUTH...PLEASANT GROVE...

  OAK CITY...JAMESVILLE...HINSON...HASSELL...HAMILTON...GRIMESLAND...

  GREENVILLE...GOLD POINT...FALKLAND...EVERETTS...DARDEN...BRUCE...

  BETHEL AND BEARGRASS.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3565 7698 3574 7717 3564 7718 3557 7710

      3552 7719 3554 7753 3576 7752 3581 7736

      3586 7734 3600 7740 3599 7721 3593 7718

      3593 7704 3585 7704 3589 7694 3581 7689

      3588 7683 3585 7677 3594 7669 3591 7645



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