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WGUS82 KMHX 201430
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1030 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR AND JONES COUNTIES.
FOR THE NEUSE RIVER...INCLUDING KINSTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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 ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM EDT.
NCC103-107-210530-
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1030 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* 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 9:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 15.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.4
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY 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
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