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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

638 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHERN CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS 

EXPECTED.



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

  AND EDENTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. 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

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 3587 7706 3593 7705 3592 7713 3595 7718

      3613 7675 3609 7671 3614 7673 3619 7661

      3611 7658 3606 7650 3601 7660 3604 7663

      3603 7668 3608 7672 3599 7669 3586 7691

      3589 7695 3585 7704

TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 180DEG 0KT 3601 7682



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