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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1010 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
LUMBER RIVER NEAR LUMBERTON AFFECTING ROBESON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/ILM .
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.
NCC155-170815-
/O.NEW.KILM.FL.W.0004.250317T0130Z-250321T0000Z/
/LBRN7.1.ER.250317T0130Z.250318T0000Z.250320T0600Z.UU/
1010 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LUMBER RIVER NEAR LUMBERTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LOW LAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE
RIVER. THE FLOOD WATERS MAY AFFECT SOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS
WATER BACKS UP INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCHES IN THE CITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:05 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 13.6 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3467 7916 3468 7903 3457 7891 3452 7899
3459 7908 3458 7915
DCH
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