BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
845 PM EST MON MAR 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 833 PM EST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 5
  MILES PER HOUR.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  DREW AT 845 PM EST
  GRABTOWN AT 855 PM EST
  WINDSOR AT 900 PM EST
  MILLERS STORE AT 905 PM EST

THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

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