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WGUS82 KMHX 100211
FLSMHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
911 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 115 PM EDT.
NCC147-101715-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FL.W.0004.240310T2300Z-240311T1700Z/
/PGVN7.1.ER.240310T2300Z.240311T0500Z.240311T1100Z.NO/
911 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAR RIVER AT GREENVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT
TO THE RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING TO A CREST OF 13.1 FEET EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY MORNING.
- 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
CEB
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