Expires:200812111537;;883547 FGUS82 KRAH 101537 RVSRAH NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-NCZ023-111537- SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1037 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 SIGNIFICANT WITHIN-BANK RISES ARE EXPECTED ON THE HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR THERE. ALTHOUGH RIVER LEVELS WERE ONLY AROUND TWO FEET AS OF EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...ANTICIPATED RAINFALL COULD PUSH THE HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER TO A STAGE AROUND TWELVE FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING...A TEN-FOOT RISE. CURRENTLY...THE RIVER LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. INTERESTS NEAR THE HAW RIVER AT HAW RIVER SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS...BEING SURE TO REMAIN AWAY FROM ANY STREAMS RUNNING HIGH AND FLOWING FAST. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON HAW RIVER HAW RIVER 18 2.0 WED 10 AM 7.3 10.1 5.6 3.8 3.1 $$