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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

950 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 948 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH           

  FLOODING OVER BEAUFORT COUNTY FROM HEAVY SHOWERS THIS MORNING.     

  SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN THE CITY OF           

  WASHINGTON AND HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED IN AURORA. DOPPLER RADAR    

  ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER BEAUFORT      

  COUNTY SINCE FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING  

  NORTH OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  WASHINGTON...CHOCOWINITY...TERRA CEIA...AURORA...PINETOWN AND      

  OLD FORD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY 1 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NEWPORT.



LAT...LON 3543 7718 3526 7691 3570 7672 3571 7717



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