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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1044 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 1044 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS
  IMMINENT. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAN EDEN...
  WHITE STOCKING...HAMPSTEAD...MAPLE HILL...WARDS CORNER...        
  WILLARD...PENDERLEA AND BURGAW.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. STAY 
OFF ROADS UNLESS NECESSARY. 

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 3471 7769 3448 7758 3444 7751 3430 7773
      3439 7783 3437 7794 3439 7797 3434 7801
      3436 7820 3440 7825 3446 7816 3451 7825
      3455 7825 3473 7810

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