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WGUS82 KRAH 070820
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
420 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
DEEP RIVER AT MONCURE AFFECTING CHATHAM AND LEE COUNTIES.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
NCC037-105-071830-
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420 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...DEEP RIVER AT MONCURE.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING IS LIKELY
UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE ALONG NORTH PLANK ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 421 IN LEE COUNTY, AND ON R JORDAN ROAD NORTH OF HIGHWAY
421 IN CHATHAM COUNTY. AT THE GAGE SITE, FLOODING REACHES THE BASE
OF THE RIVER GAGE HOUSING, BUT IS CONFINED TO WOODS AND PASTURE
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
AT 14.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE,
NORTH PLANK ROAD IN LEE COUNTY AND R JORDAN ROAD IN CHATHAM COUNTY
ARE CLOSED. AT THE GAGE SITE, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF
PASTURE AND WOODS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.1
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.2 FEET ON 09/17/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU FRI
DEEP RIVER
MONCURE 9.0 14.1 MON 3 AM EDT 11.3 9.2 5.3 3.1
LAT...LON 3567 7910 3563 7907 3559 7904 3546 7935
3554 7939
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