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WGUS42 KRAH 301156
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
756 AM EDT Fri May 30 2025

...The National Weather Service in Raleigh NC has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in North Carolina...

  Haw River Near Bynum affecting Chatham 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 evening.

&&

NCC037-310000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0010.250530T1439Z-250531T0706Z/
/BYNN7.1.ER.250530T1439Z.250530T1800Z.250530T1905Z.NO/
756 AM EDT Fri May 30 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Haw River near Bynum.

* WHEN...Until late tonight.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Minor flooding begins.  The river widens
  up to 400 feet across. It floods pastureland on the right bank and
  woodlands on the left.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:31 AM EDT Friday the stage was 10.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will fall to 10.1 feet this morning. It
    will then rise above flood stage late this morning to 11.2
    feet this afternoon. It will fall below flood stage late this
    afternoon to 8.4 feet just after midnight tonight. It will
    then rise to 8.9 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will fall
    again and remain below flood stage.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

         Fld   Observed           Forecasts (8 am EDT)
Location Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sat   Sun   Mon   Tue

Haw River
Bynum    11.0  10.8  Fri 7 am EDT 8.7   8.2   6.8   5.9


&&

LAT...LON 3590 7918 3582 7911 3576 7905 3569 7916
      3585 7930


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