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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.

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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


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