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WGUS42 KMHX 181843
FLWMHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
243 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
CONTENTNEA CREEK AT GRIFTON AFFECTING PITT, LENOIR AND CRAVEN
COUNTIES.
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 100 AM EDT.
NCC049-107-147-190500-
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243 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...CONTENTNEA CREEK AT GRIFTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES HOMES IN TICK BITE, AND
ALSO ALONG WATER STREET IN GRIFTON. PORTIONS OF TICK BITE ROAD,
CREEKSHORE DRIVE, AND LENOIR STREET ARE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3537 7735 3532 7739 3533 7743 3536 7748
3539 7750 3544 7746 3538 7742
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