10/2/2025 10:59:00 AM until 10/2/2025 11:00:00 PM

Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Warning, 2 to 3 feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 8 to 14 feet in the surf zone. For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Warning, until 8 PM EDT Friday. For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the Beach Hazards Statement, until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Moderate oceanside coastal flooding, with inundation 2 to 3 feet above ground level, locally higher with wave action, resulting in an elevated threat of property damage. Flooding will likely extend inland from the waterfront threatening some homes, businesses and critical infrastructure. Dangerous swimming, surfing conditions and beach erosion expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Portions of Highway 12 on Ocracoke and Hatteras Island may be impassable at times due to ocean overwash, especially around times of high tide.