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WGUS82 KMHX 231301
FLSMHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
901 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 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...
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 THIS EVENING AT 800 PM EDT.
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901 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* 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 SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:15 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 14.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.2 FEET THURSDAY
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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