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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1000 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 954 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO   

  SHOW HEAVY RAIN BANDS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 1130 AM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A ROAD...BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS...TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A ROAD...BRIDGE OR

UNDERPASS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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

ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A

ROAD...BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WAKEFIELD.



LAT...LON 3620 7596 3616 7592 3616 7594 3629 7618

      3619 7608 3616 7606 3615 7606 3617 7640

      3616 7641 3610 7631 3605 7661 3628 7669

      3628 7716 3655 7715 3655 7604 3642 7596

      3639 7597 3655 7602 3655 7587 3623 7577



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