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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

911 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 911 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR     

  WILMINGTON TO WILLIAMSTON. THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT  

  20 MPH. FREQUENT SHOWERS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE OVER    

  GREENE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS. .



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

  HILL...HOOKERTON...AND LIZZIE.



  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL           

  ARE POSSIBLE IN HE 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.



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3535 7782 3542 7748 3563 7768 3559 7780



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