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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
827 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR ALONE. AN
  ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
  FLASH FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE REGION
  ALREADY DUE TO HIGH WATER. ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT MAJOR
  FLOODING IS OCCURING IN GATES COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND MOST ROADS
  ARE IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CURRITUCK...ELIZABETH CITY...CAMDEN...AHOSKIE...WINDSOR...
  MURFREESBORO...HERTFORD...RICH SQUARE...AULANDER...WINFALL...
  GATESVILLE...ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY...CHOWAN UNIVERSITY...
  SOUTH MILLS...SUNBURY...RYLAND...WEEKSVILLE...GATES...CONWAY AND
  WOODLAND.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
      3593 7719 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
      3616 7726 3621 7739 3632 7747 3654 7733
      3654 7595 3613 7613 3608 7641 3602 7648
      3606 7662 3601 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683

$$

MRD
