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WGUS82 KRAH 070824
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
424 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
HAW RIVER NEAR BYNUM AFFECTING CHATHAM COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.
NCC037-071830-
/O.CON.KRAH.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250709T0051Z/
/BYNN7.3.ER.250706T2353Z.250707T1200Z.250708T1251Z.NR/
424 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...HAW RIVER NEAR BYNUM.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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.
AT 15.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. THE RIVER WIDENS UP TO 800
FEET ACROSS, BUT FLOODING REMAINS CONFINED TO EXTENSIVE STRETCHES
OF WOODS AND PASTURELAND ALONG THE RIVER.
AT 17.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THE RIGHT
BANK OF THE RIVER ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:15 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.2
FEET AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.8 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
BYNUM 11.0 19.4 MON 4 AM EDT 13.8 7.7 6.3 5.6
LAT...LON 3590 7918 3582 7911 3576 7905 3569 7916
3585 7930
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