780  
WGUS42 KRAH 301156  
FLWRAH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
756 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...  
 
HAW RIVER NEAR BYNUM AFFECTING CHATHAM COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING.  
 

 
 
NCC037-310000-  
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0010.250530T1439Z-250531T0706Z/  
/BYNN7.1.ER.250530T1439Z.250530T1800Z.250530T1905Z.NO/  
756 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...HAW RIVER NEAR BYNUM.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. THE RIVER WIDENS  
UP TO 400 FEET ACROSS. IT FLOODS PASTURELAND ON THE RIGHT BANK AND  
WOODLANDS ON THE LEFT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:31 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 10.1 FEET THIS MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING TO 11.2  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON TO 8.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL  
THEN RISE TO 8.9 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL  
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM EDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
HAW RIVER  
BYNUM 11.0 10.8 FRI 7 AM EDT 8.7 8.2 6.8 5.9  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3590 7918 3582 7911 3576 7905 3569 7916  
3585 7930  
 

 
 
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