From the National Weather Service:
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
TODAY AND TONIGHT:
HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
FLOOD WARNING:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA:
NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON AFFECTING LENOIR COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. FLOOD WATERS WILL WEAKEN THE BANKS MAKING THEM DANGEROUS.
* AT 8 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.6 FEET...LOW LAND FLOODING OF THE CAMPGROUND AT THE NATURE CENTER CAN BE EXPECTED.