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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
1005 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
  NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL
RADIO...MEDIA OR CABLE TV.

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1005 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 17.6 FEET BY
  THURSDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...WIDESPREAD LOW LAND FLOODING IS LIKELY
  ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. WATER WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH SOME SECONDARY
  ROADS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF KINSTON. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN
  FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE PROPERTY TO
  HIGHER GROUND.

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