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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1027 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING PITT, LENOIR AND GREENE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE CONTENTNEA CREEK...INCLUDING HOOKERTON...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM EDT.
NCC079-107-147-140530-
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1027 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT
TO CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED. SEVERAL HOMES THREATENED BY WATER IN
NORTHWEST GREENE COUNTY NEAR HWY 58.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 13.1 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3550 7766 3544 7746 3539 7750 3545 7774
3559 7783 3559 7780 3561 7777
SIMMS
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