418  
WGUS82 KRAH 080803  
FLSRAH  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
403 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH  
CAROLINA...  
 
LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 THIS AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
NCC051-082015-  
/O.CON.KRAH.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250710T0600Z/  
/MANN7.2.ER.250708T0327Z.250708T1200Z.250709T1800Z.NO/  
403 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN FORT LIBERTY NEAR  
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.  
AT 23.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ON MANCHESTER ROAD NEAR THE  
FORT LIBERTY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.  
AT 24.0 FEET, MANCHESTER ROAD IS FLOODED.  
AT 25.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BASE OF THE MANCHESTER ROAD BRIDGE  
AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE STARLITE MOTEL AT THE INTERSECTION OF  
MANCHESTER ROAD AND BRAGG BLVD (HWY 24/87).  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:30 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.0  
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT  
 
LITTLE RIVER  
MANCHESTER 18.0 20.6 TUE 3 AM EDT 20.3 16.6 14.5 13.1  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3524 7890 3522 7889 3517 7898 3516 7910  
3519 7910 3521 7898  
 

 
 
JD  
 
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