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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
937 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE AFFECTING PITT COUNTY.
FOR THE TAR RIVER...INCLUDING GREENVILLE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 1245 AM EST.
NCC147-100545-
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937 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD LOW LAND FLOODING ADJACENT TO
THE RIVER. SOME FARMLAND FLOODED ACROSS PITT COUNTY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO 14.6 FEET THURSDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3566 7740 3562 7726 3559 7726 3558 7730
3560 7736 3562 7743
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