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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
321 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

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

  HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER AFFECTING ALAMANCE COUNTY

THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE UPPER HAW RIVER
BASIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NCC001-121800-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FL.W.0014.091112T1006Z-091112T1800Z/
/HAWN7.1.ER.091112T1006Z.091112T1200Z.091112T1200Z.NO/
321 AM EST THU NOV 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER.
* UNTIL TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  2:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 18.6 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE EARLY TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...ONLY MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IMMEDIATELY ALONG
  THE RIVER BANKS.

&&
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 8AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...


                 FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 8 AM
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE

HAW RIVER
 HAW RIVER        18  17.2 THU 03 AM  11.7   4.9   3.3   3.0      


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

        HAW RIVER:      471.69

$$