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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
408 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING PITT, LENOIR AND GREENE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE CONTENTNEA CREEK...INCLUDING HOOKERTON...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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 715 AM EDT.
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408 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT
TO CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED. SEVERAL HOMES THREATENED BY WATER IN
NORTHWEST GREENE COUNTY NEAR HWY 58.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:00 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 13.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.4 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3550 7766 3544 7746 3539 7750 3545 7774
3559 7783 3559 7780 3561 7777
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