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WGUS82 KRAH 090202
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1002 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NCC051-091415-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250710T2230Z/
/MANN7.2.ER.250708T0327Z.250708T2145Z.250710T1030Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* 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).
AT 27.0 FEET, THE STARLITE MOTEL IS FLOODED AND MANCHESTER ROAD IS
CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.0 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
24.7 FEET ON 08/11/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT
LITTLE RIVER
MANCHESTER 18.0 25.7 TUE 9 PM EDT 19.6 16.5 15.0 14.6
LAT...LON 3524 7890 3522 7889 3517 7898 3516 7910
3519 7910 3521 7898
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