FFWMHX NCC061-103-133-010145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 743 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR POTTERS HILL...OR NEAR BEULAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COMFORT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ONSLOW AND WESTERN JONES COUNTIES AS WELL AS EASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3499 7783 3486 7781 3493 7733 3511 7750 $$ 20