903  
WGUS42 KILM 161434  
FLWILM  
 
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-  
/O.NEW.KILM.FL.W.0013.250717T0400Z-250721T1800Z/  
/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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