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FLWILM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
632 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009

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

  CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L&D 3 AFFECTING BLADEN COUNTY
.WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK IS MAKING ITS WAY
DOWN THE CAPE FEAR RIVER. MINOR FLOODING OF THE RIVER NEAR
LOCK AND DAM 3 WILL BE THE RESULT THROUGH TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE FLOOD WATERS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM
UNDER THE RIVERS/LAKES AHPS LINK.

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632 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAPE FEAR AT WILLIAM O HUSKE L&D 3.
* UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 41.9 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 42.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 42.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 42.0 FEET...WATER LEVELS WILL TOP THE NAVIGATIONAL LOCK. 
  OPERATIONS STOP AND THE EQUIPMENT MUST BE REMOVED. MINOR FLOODING 
  WILL OCCUR ON LAND ADJACENT TO THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER.

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