Flood Warning For Johnston County

Event: Flood Warning
Alert:
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in North 
Carolina... 
Neuse River Near Clayton affecting Johnston County 
Neuse River At Smithfield affecting Johnston County 
 
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in North 
Carolina.. 
Neuse River Near Goldsboro affecting Wayne County 
The Flood Warning continues for 
the Neuse River Near Clayton. 
 
* At 9:15 AM Monday the stage was 17.6 feet and falling slowly. 
 
* Major flood stage is 16 feet and moderate flood stage is 13 feet. 
 
* Major flooding is occurring and will continue into early afternoon. 
 
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall, to below flood stage 
tomorrow morning. 
 
* Impact...At 18.0 feet, Castleberry Road off NC42 is flooded and 
water floods the parking lot of East Clayton Elementary School. 
Flooding reaches the lower concrete span of the bridge on Covered 
Bridge Road. 
 
* Impact...At 13.0 feet, There will be extensive flooding which will 
close the Neuse River Greenway trail. 
&& 
The following are the latest observations and 7 AM forecast stages 
for the next several days. 
FLD  OBSERVED                FORECAST 7 AM 
LOCATION         STG  STG  DAY TIME    Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat 
Neuse River 
Clayton           9  17.6 Mon 09 AM   9.1   3.0   2.4   2.4   1.9 
&&
Instructions: Safety message. If you encounter deep water while driving, do not attempt to drive through. Turn around, dont drown.
Target Area:
Johnston

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