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WGUS62 KMHX 021544
FFAMHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1144 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...TROPICAL DOWNPOURS WILL POSE A FLOOD THREAT ALONG THE OUTER
BANKS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...

.NEWLY RE-DEVELOPED TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WILL MOVE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS.
THIS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REGION
HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING SATURATED GROUND THE
PAST FEW DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF AND
LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...MANTEO...
RODANTHE...BUXTON...HATTERAS VILLAGE...OCRACOKE
1144 AM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE. 

* UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN THE WATCH AREA FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY 
  RAINS. ANY ADDITIONAL DOWNPOURS WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY AND LEAD 
  TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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