Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued an

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
Carteret County in eastern North Carolina...
this includes the cities of... Newport... Morehead City... Beaufort...
Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
this includes the cities of... New Bern... James City... Havelock...
Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
this includes the city of Kinston...
Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina...
Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
this includes the cities of... Winterville... Greenville... Ayden...

* until 815 PM EST

* at 519 PM EST... Doppler radar estimated 2 to 4 inches of rain had
occurred over most of the area. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches
can be expected in spots during the next few hours. This will
produce flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the
roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross
safely.


Lat... Lon 3552 7761 3567 7738 3505 7663 3503 7666
      3497 7678 3505 7699 3499 7696 3492 7676
      3501 7654 3492 7640 3469 7653 3477 7661
      3470 7663 3466 7709 3471 7675 3467 7711
      3492 7727 3498 7761 3478 7768 3486 7801


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444 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2009

... Flood Watch now in effect through late tonight...

The Flood Watch is now in effect for

* a portion of eastern North Carolina... including the following
areas... Beaufort... Carteret... Craven... Duplin... Greene...
Jones... Lenoir... Martin... Onslow... Pamlico and Pitt.

* Through late tonight

* widespread rain will continue tonight as low pressure moves
slowly northeast along the coast. Additional rainfall amounts
will range from 2 inches southwest to 4 inches closer to the
coast. This will lead to significant runoff... with flooding of
low lying and poor drainage areas possible.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

254 PM EST Wed Nov 11 2009

... High surf advisory in effect until 7 PM EST Thursday north of
Cape Lookout...
... Coastal Flood Advisory in effect from 8 PM this evening to 1 PM
EST Thursday...
... High threat of rip currents along the beach north of Cape
Lookout through Thursday...
... Coastal Flood Warning is cancelled...

The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has issued
a high surf advisory... which is in effect until 7 PM EST Thursday.
A coastal Flood Advisory has also been issued. This coastal Flood
Advisory is in effect from 8 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Thursday.
The coastal Flood Warning has been cancelled.

Low pressure will move slowly northeast along the coast tonight and
Thursday. This will produce strong east to northeast winds of 30
to 40 mph tonight... with winds becoming north and decreasing to 20
mph Thursday. The strong winds will increase water levels over
the southern Pamlico Sound and produce the threat of minor
flooding with water rises of 2 to 3 feet above normal over
downeast Carteret County.

The strong winds will produce large waves over the ocean with
breakers of 8 feet or greater expected late today into Thursday
from Cape Lookout north.

The onshore winds and building surf will create a high threat of
rip currents along the beaches north of Cape Lookout through
Thursday.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area... producing dangerous rip currents and
localized beach erosion.

A coastal Flood Advisory indicates that onshore winds and tides
will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore.

Rip currents are strong... narrow channels of water that flow out
to sea. If you become caught in a rip current... remain calm. Try
to swim on a course that is parallel to the beach until you get
away from the rip... then swim at an angle in to shore. Do not try
to swim back to shore directly against the rip... since it can
exhaust and even kill the strongest swimmer.

... Wind Advisory now in effect from 7 PM this evening to 7 am EST
Thursday...

The Wind Advisory is now in effect from 7 PM this evening to 7 am
EST Thursday.

An area of low pressure will move northeast across the coastal
waters of North Carolina tonight through Thursday night. At the
same time high pressure will continue over New England. The
pressure gradient in between these two features will result in
strong northeast winds across the area. Winds will subside
Thursday night through Saturday as the low moves east of the
region.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Wind Advisory means that winds of 31 to 39 mph with higher
gusts are expected. Winds this strong can make driving
difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra
caution.