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WGUS82 KMHX 181453
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1053 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING JONES AND LENOIR COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUEDLATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.
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1053 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...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 10:15 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 14.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.4
FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- 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
SGK
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