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WGUS42 KRAH 121052
FLWRAH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
652 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING.
NCC101-122200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0025.250812T1430Z-250814T1218Z/
/SMFN7.1.ER.250812T1430Z.250813T1200Z.250814T1017Z.NO/
652 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING BEGINS
ALONG THE NEUSE RIVERWALK. WATER NEARS THE BASE OF THE HOLDING
TANK AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 18.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. THE SMITHFIELD TOWN PARK
AND THE NEUSE RIVERWALK AT THE US70 BRIDGE ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 17.1 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT
NEUSE RIVER
SMITHFIELD 15.0 14.1 TUE 6 AM EDT 17.1 14.8 13.5 12.3
LAT...LON 3554 7829 3548 7834 3544 7829 3541 7833
3547 7842 3556 7835
GIH
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