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WGUS82 KRAH 140755
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
355 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON.
NCC101-142000-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250815T0525Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.250812T1357Z.250813T1500Z.250814T1725Z.NO/
355 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING BEGINS
ALONG THE NEUSE RIVERWALK. WATER NEARS THE BASE OF THE HOLDING
TANK AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 18.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. THE SMITHFIELD TOWN PARK
AND THE NEUSE RIVERWALK AT THE US70 BRIDGE ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.2 FEET MONDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.0 FEET ON 10/13/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN MON
NEUSE RIVER
SMITHFIELD 15.0 16.7 THU 3 AM EDT 13.3 10.8 11.6 12.0
LAT...LON 3554 7829 3548 7834 3544 7829 3541 7833
3547 7842 3556 7835
CA
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