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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1113 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA... 
  NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD AFFECTING JOHNSTON COUNTY
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER DEEP WATER WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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1113 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A 
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NEUSE RIVER AT SMITHFIELD.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  9:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 15.5 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER COVERS THE DIRT ROAD NEXT TO THE WATER
  TREATMENT PLANT.
&&
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     TUE    WED    THU    FRI    SAT
NEUSE RIVER
  SMITHFIELD  15   9.8 MON 09 AM   14.6    9.7    6.9    5.4    4.6
TO CONVERT THE ABOVE STAGE READINGS TO ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (FT), ADD
THE FOLLOWING TO THE STAGE:
        SMITHFIELD:      99.26
$$