Expires:200912270505;;214237 FGUS82 KRAH 260505 RVSRAH NCZ073-083-270505- SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH,NC 1205 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...THE ROCKY RIVER AT NORWOOD WILL APPRACH FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT... BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL INTO THE LOWER YADKIN/PEE-DEE RIVER BASIN EARLIER TODAY. THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS...HAS CAUSED THE ROCKY RIVER AT NORWOOD TO RISE TO JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THIS BASIN ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN VIGILANT WHEN TRAVELING NEAR THE RIVER...AND MONITOR FUTURE STATEMENTS ON RIVER LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 7AM FORECAST STAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON TUE WED ROCKY RIVER NORWOOD 20 19.1 FRI 11 PM 15.4 5.1 3.9 3.3 3.6 $$