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SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH,NC
1249 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2010
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL RANGING UP TO 3 INCHES OVER THE UPPER NEUSE
BASIN WILL CAUSE THE RIVER IN SMITHFIELD TO RISE TO WITHIN A FOOT
OF FLOOD STAGE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER IN SMITHFIELD
HAD RISEN TO 12 FEET AT NOON TODAY. IT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...
CRESTING AROUND 14 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FLOOD STAGE IS 
15 FEET. 
WHILE NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED...THE WATER WILL BE HIGH AND MUDDY.
DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER...AS 
THE BANKS COULD BE UNDERCUT AND MIGHT COLLAPSE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7AM FORECAST STAGES
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
             FLD  OBSERVED                   FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION     STG  STG  DAY TIME     WED    THU    FRI    SAT    SUN
NEUSE RIVER
  SMITHFIELD  15  11.8 TUE 12 PM   13.4    9.2    6.6    5.5    5.2
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