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FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER AFFECTING ALAMANCE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH
TO HIGHER GROUND.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
NCC001-071600-
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1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. OVERFLOW BEGINS ON
BOTH BANKS AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 20.0 FEET, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERFLOW ON THE RIGHT BANK
OPPOSITE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WATER ALSO REACHES THE RED
SLIDE PARK UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN ST. BRIDGE.
AT 23.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING REACHES THE BASE
OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BUILDING. THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING OF THE RED SLIDE PARK UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN ST. BRIDGE,
AND LANG ST WILL BE IMPASSABLE
AT 25.5 FEET, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BUILDING FLOODS.
AT 26.0 FEET, TRAILER HOMES ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND THE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT FLOOD. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY.
AT 27.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. THE TOWN OF HAW RIVER BEGINS
TO FLOOD.
AT 28.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS REACH THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS I40.
AT 30.0 FEET, A MILL ON THE LEFT BANK BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 31.9
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
32.8 FEET ON 09/06/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU FRI
HAW RIVER
HAW RIVE 18.0 28.7 SUN 10 PM ED 13.3 10.5 7.4 5.7
LAT...LON 3624 7953 3613 7934 3590 7918 3585 7930
3604 7944 3613 7954
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