BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1042 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER AFFECTING ALAMANCE COUNTY.
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1042 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. OVERFLOW BEGINS ON
BOTH BANKS AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 20.0 FEET, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OVERFLOW ON THE RIGHT BANK
OPPOSITE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WATER ALSO REACHES THE RED
SLIDE PARK UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN ST. BRIDGE.
AT 23.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING REACHES THE BASE
OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BUILDING. THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING OF THE RED SLIDE PARK UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN ST. BRIDGE,
AND LANG ST WILL BE IMPASSABLE
AT 25.5 FEET, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BUILDING FLOODS.
AT 26.0 FEET, TRAILER HOMES ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND THE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT FLOOD. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY.
AT 27.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. THE TOWN OF HAW RIVER BEGINS
TO FLOOD.
AT 28.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS REACH THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS I40.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 27.5
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
26.3 FEET ON 09/17/2018.
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HTTP://www.weather.gov/SAFETY/FLOOD FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED THU
HAW RIVER
HAW RIVE 18.0 25.5 SUN 9 PM EDT 14.0 10.6 8.4 6.0
