116 
WGUS42 KMHX 100147
FLWMHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
947 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

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

  Tar River At Greenville affecting Pitt County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive vehicles through flooded areas. Most flood deaths occur 
in automobiles when people try to drive through flooded areas.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Flood waters will 
weaken the banks making them dangerous.

A followup product will be issued by the National Weather Service a 
little later.

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947 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a 

* Flood Warning for 
  The Tar River At Greenville.
* from Saturday evening until further notice...or until the warning 
  is cancelled.
* At 9 PM Tuesday the stage was 5.3 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by late Saturday evening and 
  continue to rise to near 14.7 feet by Sunday evening. Additional 
  rises are possible thereafter.
* Impact...At 16.0 feet...Widespread low land flooding adjacent to the
  river. Some farmland flooded across Pitt County.

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LAT...LON 3566 7740 3562 7726 3559 7726 3558 7730
          3559 7736 3561 7743         

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