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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1002 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WRIGHTSBORO...WINDEMERE...
  WILMINGTON...SMITH CREEK...SILVER LAKE...SEAGATE...OGDEN...MYRTLE
  GROVE...MASONBORO...CAROLINA BEACH

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  LARGE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO MOVING INTO NEW  
  HANOVER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH  
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NEW HANOVER COUNTY. THIS   
  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLING WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF     
  TIME WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONDITIONS    
  ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY.

* WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS MOST SECTIONS OF  
  NEW HANOVER COUNTY. FLOWING WATER IS EXPECTED ACROSS LOW-LYING     
  ROADWAYS AND NEAR CREEKS. 

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

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3416 7783 3407 7787 3410 7788 3409 7789
      3404 7788 3394 7793 3413 7793 3433 7802
      3438 7797 3436 7794 3438 7783 3428 7773

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