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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1034 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT WILLIAM O HUSKE LOCK AND DAM 3 AFFECTING
BLADEN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/ILM .
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.
NCC017-051-170845-
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/STPN7.1.ER.250717T0400Z.250718T0000Z.250721T0000Z.NO/
1034 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CAPE FEAR RIVER AT WILLIAM O HUSKE LOCK AND DAM 3.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 42.0 FEET, WATER LEVELS WILL TOP THE NAVIGATIONAL
LOCK AND EQUIPMENT MUST BE REMOVED. MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON
LAND ADJACENT TO THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 40.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 42.7 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 42.0 FEET.
- WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3495 7887 3495 7875 3478 7874 3472 7865
3465 7872 3474 7884
ABW
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