WGUS82 KMHX 190155
FLSMHX
NCC079-107-117-200100-
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC 
954 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003
...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON...
  
FOR THE NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH A STAGE OF 
17.4 FEET MEASURED AT 9 PM MONDAY.  MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST, WITH A 
MAXIMUM STAGE OF 17.5 TO 18 FEET EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING, WHICH IS 3.5 TO 4 
FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME CAMP 
GROUNDS ALONG THE RIVER WERE FLOODED. AT 18 FEET WIDESPREAD LOW LAND FLOODING IS 
LIKELY ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.  WATER WILL ALSO BEGIN TO APPROACH SOME SECONDARY 
ROADS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF KINSTON.  
FOR THE CONTENTNEA CREEK NEAR HOOKERTON, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH A 
STAGE OF 14.3 FEET MEASURED AT 7 PM MONDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST, WITH 
THE CREEK SLOWLY FALLING TO NEAR THE 13 FOOT FLOOD STAGE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. AT 
14 FEET, LOW LAND FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED. 
FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER NEAR WILLIAMSTON, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH A 
STAGE OF 11.1 FEET MEASURED AT 8 PM MONDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST, WITH 
THE STAGE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 11 FEET FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AT 11 FEET, LOW LAND 
FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED.  
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             FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 8AM EDT    
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME    TUE    WED    THU
CONTENTNEA CREEK
  HOOKERTON   13  14.3 MON 07 PM   14.2   13.5   13.0
NEUSE RIVER
  KINSTON     14  17.4 MON 09 PM   17.4   16.9   16.2
ROANOKE RIVER
  WILLIAMSTON 10  11.1 MON 08 PM   11.1   11.1   11.1
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