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WGUS82 KRAH 070818
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
418 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON AFFECTING HARNETT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 BY THIS AFTERNOON.
NCC085-071830-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0014.250707T1008Z-250709T1648Z/
/LLLN7.2.ER.250707T1008Z.250708T0000Z.250709T0448Z.NO/
418 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, ACTION STAGE. THE CAPE FEAR RIVER REACHES
BANKFULL.
AT 14.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. THE BOAT LAUNCH RAMP AND
WOODEN DECK AT MERMAID POINT RESTAURANT ARE FLOODED.
AT 17.0 FEET, WATER THREATENS HOMES UPSTREAM ON RIVERSIDE HILLS
DRIVE.
AT 19.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. THE STORM DRAINS ON THE
NORTH BANK ARE INUNDATED AND WATER REACHES THE WATER TREATMENT
PLANT. HOMES ON RIVERSIDE HILLS DRIVE ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:28 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING AND CREST AT 21.6 FEET THIS
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.3 FEET ON 09/18/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU FRI
CAPE FEAR RIVER
LILLINGTON 14.0 10.9 MON 3 AM EDT 20.6 13.8 9.7 3.8
LAT...LON 3549 7885 3537 7867 3525 7865 3526 7876
3532 7877 3543 7892
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