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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
453 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has extended 
the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Carteret County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 645 AM EDT.

* At 453 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 
  1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Havelock, Morehead City, Harkers Island, South River, North River, 
  Merrimon, Straits, Smyrna, Marshallberg, Davis, Harlowe, Great 
  Neck, Otway, Williston, and Open Grounds Farm.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

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LAT...LON 3498 7688 3495 7678 3503 7657 3480 7637
      3479 7636 3457 7653 3469 7672 3466 7689
      3499 7704

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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RJ