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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1024 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  THIS INCLUDES WHITEVILLE AND LAKE WACCAMAW

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS
  IMMINENT. RAINFALL RATES SHOULD INCREASE TO 2 INCHES OR MORE
  PER HOUR ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...AND CONTINUE
  FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REDBUG...
  EVERGREEN...HALLSBORO...FREEMAN...DELCO...LAKE WACCAMAW...FAIR
  BLUFF AND CHADBOURN

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY NEAR 
FREEMAN AND LAKE WACCAMAW.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3429 7905 3399 7868 3418 7852 3416 7841
      3423 7826 3435 7818 3435 7845 3446 7872
      3445 7894

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