FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1057 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MERMENTAU RIVER NEAR MERMENTAU.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:15 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.1 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 4.7 FEET BY
FRIDAY EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 4.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER WILL
OCCUR.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 348 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH
THE REGION THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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