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WGUS82 KMHX 191521
FLSMHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1121 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR AND JONES COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 230 AM EDT.
NCC103-107-200630-
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1121 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 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 TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 15.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.5
FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
- 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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