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   Press Release:

Good afternoon:

    The Good News: Florence has been downgraded to a Low Pressure system and lost all tropical characteristics.

    The not so Good News: This Afternoon/Tonight/Tomorrow, we need to stay vigilant as it concerns the weather. The Severe Thunderstorms we are told to expected during this timeframe will be slow movers with vivid lightning and large amounts of rainfall. They will not resemble the popcorn type of showers we had this past weekend. The rainfall will cause severe ponding on roadways and possible localized flash flooding while affecting visibility greatly. Please do not stop in the highway to wait out the storm or pull off under a tree for protection. I urge you to make sure your field staffs are weather aware during the next several days of field operations and on your commute home each evening.

    I know most of you are not NASCAR fans, however, a hard lesson was learned yesterday concerning lightning. One person was killed, two people are on life support and seven others are in various stages of recovery from cloud to ground lightning which struck their vehicles in the parking lot at Pocono Speedway.

    First Responders need to use caution during responses and defensive driving techniques are required. Getting there safely is the first priority, then taking protective actions on the scene is the next priority. How well you perform the first two could determine if getting home safely can be your third priority!

    This is a Weather Awareness Statement from your friendly Coordinator of Emergency Services made following a conversation with the Senior Weather Forecaster at the National Weather Service in Morehead, NC.

    Thank You for your service to the tax payers of Beaufort County! (That applies to all County Employees and First Responders in Beaufort County!)

John Pack

    Coordinator
    Beaufort County Emergency Services
Remnants of a weak tornado that crossed the Pamlico River at Washington, NC and did minor damage on April 20, 2008.     photo by Stan Deatherage

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