962  
WHUS42 KMHX 032032  
CFWMHX  
 
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  
332 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025  
 
NCZ204-205-040845-  
/O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0001.250104T0100Z-250104T1500Z/  
OCRACOKE ISLAND-HATTERAS ISLAND-  
332 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2025  
 
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS  
EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...1 TO 2 FEET OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL POSSIBLE IN  
LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS.  
 
* WHERE...AREAS ALONG THE SOUNDSIDE OF HATTERAS AND OCRACOKE  
ISLAND.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...1 TO 2 FEET OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS  
POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS  
RESULTING IN A LOW THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE. SOME ROADS AND LOW  
LYING PROPERTY INCLUDING PARKING LOTS, PARKS, LAWNS, AND HOMES  
ADJACENT TO THE WATERFRONT WILL EXPERIENCE SHALLOW FLOODING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF TRAVEL IS REQUIRED, ALLOW EXTRA TIME AS SOME ROADS MAY BE  
CLOSED. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH WATER OF  
UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT FLOOD-PRONE  
PROPERTY.  
 

 
 
TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.  
 
COAST GUARD HATTERAS NC  
MLLW CATEGORIES - MINOR 2.5 FT, MODERATE 3.5 FT, MAJOR 4.5 FT  
MHHW CATEGORIES - MINOR 1.3 FT, MODERATE 2.3 FT, MAJOR 3.3 FT  
 
TOTAL TOTAL DEPARTURE  
DAY/TIME TIDE TIDE FROM NORM WAVES FLOOD  
FT MLLW FT MHHW FT FT IMPACT  
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------- --------  
03/03 PM 0.5 -0.7 0.3 1-2 NONE  
04/02 AM 2.6 1.4 2.4 4 MINOR  
04/11 PM 1.6 0.4 1.3 2 NONE  
05/11 AM 1.3 0.1 0.9 1-2 NONE  
06/02 AM 0.9 -0.3 0.6 1 NONE  
06/12 PM 0.8 -0.4 0.4 1-2 NONE  
 

 
 

 
 
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