Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Newport/Morehead, NC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
813 AM EDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City NC has
issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in North Carolina...

  Contentnea Creek Near Hookerton affecting Greene, Lenoir and Pitt
  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.

Additional information is available at water.weather.gov/ahps.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1115 PM EDT.

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NCC079-107-147-240315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FL.W.0003.250323T1800Z-250324T1200Z/
/HOKN7.1.ER.250323T1800Z.250323T1800Z.250324T0600Z.NO/
813 AM EDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Contentnea Creek near Hookerton.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to tomorrow 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 8:00 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 12.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0
    feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just
    after midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3550 7766 3544 7746 3539 7750 3545 7774
      3559 7783 3559 7780 3561 7777


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