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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
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MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-LENOIR-NORTHERN OUTER BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SNOW HILL, COLUMBIA, MANTEO, DUCK, LA
GRANGE, WALSTONBURG, PONZER, GUM NECK, WILLIAMSTON, PLYMOUTH,
AURORA, GRIMESLAND, EAST LAKE, KINSTON, KILL DEVIL HILLS, NAGS
HEAD, SCRANTON, WASHINGTON, CHOCOWINITY, KITTY HAWK, ENGELHARD,
BETHEL, ROBERSONVILLE, HOOKERTON, SWANQUARTER, ROPER, FARMVILLE,
OAK CITY, FAIRFIELD, CRESWELL, GRIFTON, MANNS HARBOR, STUMPY
POINT, BELHAVEN, PINK HILL, SOUTHERN SHORES, BATH, GREENVILLE,
AND JAMESVILLE
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, BEAUFORT, GREENE, LENOIR, MAINLAND DARE, MAINLAND
HYDE, MARTIN, NORTHERN OUTER BANKS, PITT, TYRRELL AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
IN AN UNSTABLE AND ANOMALOUSLY MOIST AIRMASS, LEADING TO A
RISK OF INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AND HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS.
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE MOST
PERSISTENT, RAINFALL TOTALS COULD EXCEED 6 INCHES. THE
POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS APPEAR SUPPORTIVE OF A
RISK OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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