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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
955 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR AND JONES 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 ISSUED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM EDT.
NCC103-107-221700-
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955 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, WATER OVERFLOWS INTO LOWLANDS ADJACENT TO
THE RIVER. WATER ACCESS DOCKS ARE ALSO AFFECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 15.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.1 FEET TUESDAY
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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