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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
904 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2011

  SWIFT CREEK NEAR STREETS FERRY AFFECTING CRAVEN COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR 
IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 

CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. FLOOD WATERS WILL 
WEAKEN THE BANKS MAKING THEM DANGEROUS.

A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A 
LITTLE LATER.

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904 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2011

...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...THE 
FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SWIFT CREEK NEAR STREETS FERRY.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT  8 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.


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