419  
WGUS42 KILM 280105  
FLWILM  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
905 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT WILLIAM O HUSKE LOCK AND DAM 3 AFFECTING  
BLADEN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.  
 
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT ELIZABETHTOWN AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT  
WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=ILM .  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
NCC017-051-281915-  
/O.NEW.KILM.FL.W.0050.240928T1349Z-241001T2258Z/  
/STPN7.1.ER.240928T1349Z.240930T0000Z.241001T0457Z.NO/  
905 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CAPE FEAR RIVER AT WILLIAM O HUSKE LOCK AND DAM 3.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 48.0 FEET, THE ACCESS ROAD FOR THE WILDLIFE BOAT RAMP  
AT TAR HEEL FERRY ROAD MAY BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 38.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 48.3 FEET SUNDAY EVENING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 42.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3495 7887 3495 7875 3478 7874 3472 7865  
3465 7872 3474 7884  
 

 
 
NCC017-281915-  
/O.NEW.KILM.FL.W.0051.240929T1536Z-241001T2011Z/  
/ELZN7.1.ER.240929T1536Z.240930T0600Z.241001T0210Z.NO/  
905 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CAPE FEAR RIVER AT ELIZABETHTOWN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 27.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS WILL AFFECT FARMERS' FIELDS  
ADJACENT TO THE RIVER REQUIRING THE MOVEMENT OF FARM EQUIPMENT TO  
HIGHER GROUND. THE LOWER PART OF CAPE OWEN MANOR ROAD MAY BECOME  
IMPASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:55 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE SUNDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 26.3 FEET EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3472 7865 3466 7852 3456 7838 3450 7847  
3459 7859 3465 7872  
 

 
 
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