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WGUS82 KRAH 080050
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
850 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON AFFECTING HARNETT COUNTY.
.THE RIVER HAS CRESTED JUST ABOVE 17 FT THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING.TUESDAY MORNING.
NCC085-081300-
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850 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* 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 8:28 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 17.6 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 7.0 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE
TO 7.2 FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN
AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.4 FEET ON 10/09/2016.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU FRI
CAPE FEAR RIVER
LILLINGTON 14.0 16.5 MON 8 PM EDT 13.2 10.8 7.2 7.1
LAT...LON 3549 7885 3537 7867 3525 7865 3526 7876
3532 7877 3543 7892
CA
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