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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
921 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 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, FORT BARNWELL...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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 1230 AM EDT.
NCC103-107-230430-
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921 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, WATER OVERFLOWS INTO LOWLANDS ADJACENT TO
THE RIVER. WATER ACCESS DOCKS ARE ALSO AFFECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:15 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 15.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.6 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
SIMMS
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