FLSMHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
946 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...

  NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN AFFECTING DUPLIN COUNTY
  ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...

  CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON AFFECTING GREENE COUNTY
  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.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL
RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV.

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946 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR CHINQUAPIN.
* AT  9 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12.1 FEET
  MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE
  RIVER WILL OCCUR. TRIBUTARIES TO THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER WILL
  ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE LOW LAND FLOODING.

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