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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
306 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING JONES AND LENOIR COUNTIES.
FOR THE NEUSE RIVER...INCLUDING KINSTON, FORT BARNWELL...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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/AHPS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 615 PM EDT.
NCC103-107-172215-
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306 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, FLOODING OF THE CAMPGROUND AT THE NATURE
CENTER IS EXPECTED. WATER ENCROACHES ONTO OTHER PROPERTIES ALONG
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF
15.3 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3528 7763 3536 7748 3533 7743 3522 7750
3521 7761 3520 7784 3526 7783
OJC
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