210  
WGUS42 KRAH 221756  
FLWRAH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
1256 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS AFFECTING NORTHAMPTON AND  
HALIFAX COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
NCC083-131-230600-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0003.250222T1756Z-000000T0000Z/  
/RRDN7.1.ER.250222T1641Z.250222T1715Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1256 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...LOWER ROANOKE RIVER AT ROANOKE RAPIDS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. FARMLANDS AND  
TIMBERLANDS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER IN ROANOKE RAPIDS FLOOD.  
PROPERTY ON THE FARMLANDS MAY BE AT RISK FROM FLOODWATERS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:30 PM EST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3 D4  
 
LOWER ROANOKE RIVER  
ROANOKE RAPIDS 9.0 9.0 SAT 12 PM ES MSG MSG MSG MSG  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3652 7765 3641 7751 3635 7750 3628 7759  
3638 7761 3645 7765  
 

 
 
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