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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
840 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...

  CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON AFFECTING HARNETT COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

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/LLLN7.1.ER.140308T0950Z.140308T1800Z.140309T0756Z.NO/
840 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AT LILLINGTON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  8:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...WATER THREATENS HOMES UPSTREAM ON RIVERSIDE
  HILLS DRIVE.

&&

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7 AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED

CAPE FEAR
 LILLINGTON       14  10.3 FRI 08 PM   14.9  12.9  7.0   5.2   4.5


TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:

        LILLINGTON:     104.60

&&

LAT...LON 3549 7885 3537 7867 3525 7865 3526 7876
          3532 7877 3543 7892

$$