N.E. Cape Fear River Flows, Stream Forecast, Burgaw NC Gauge BGWN7

Flood Impacts
22.4	12 MILES OF HIGHWAY 53 ARE UNDERWATER,IN SOME CASES 7 FEET DEEP, BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR BRIDGE AND MAPLE HILL. ALL HOMES INCLUDING 60 IN RIVER BEND, 20 TO 25 IN RIVER BIRCH AND 12 IN THE ALLIGATOR LAKE SUBDIVISION ARE FLOODED. 20 TO 30 HOMES IN HOLLY SHELTER ESTATES ARE UNDERWATER. IN SANDY BEND SUBDIVISION, ALSO OFF SHAW HIGHWAY, 40 TO 50 HOMES, WHICH IS HALF OF THE HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION SUSTAIN FLOODING. PORTIONS OF CROOMSBRIDGE, ISLAND CREEK AND WHITE STOCKING ROADS ARE UNDERWATER.
16.5	WHITE STOCKING ROAD IS CLOSED AND FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO GET INTO THE HOMES IN THIS AREA. HIGHWAY 53 IS CLOSED ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. STAG PARK ROAD HAS WATER 2 FEET DEEP ON IT AND BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
16.0	WATER BEGINS TO GET INTO NEARLY ALL THE HOMES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE ELEVATED, IN THE RIVER BIRCH AND RIVER BEND SUBDIVISIONS. FLOODWATERS ALSO GET INTO SEVERAL HOMES ON CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD.
15.3	HIGHWAY 210 AT THE BRIDGE IN THE LANES FERRY AREA HAS FLOODWATERS 18 INCHES DEEP ON IT. MUCH OF WHITE STOCKING ROAD IS CLOSED. AT THE WILDLIFE RAMP ON SHAW HIGHWAY, RAMP IS UNDERWATER AND PARKING LOT IS HALF FULL OF WATER.
14.0	FLOODWATERS CAUSE PORTIONS OF SHAW HIGHWAY TO BE CLOSED FROM CARL MEEKS ROAD TO LIVINGSTON LANE. WHITE STOCKING ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED FROM CHLOREY ROAD TO MACWILLIAMS LANE. FLOODING WORSENS ON HIGHWAYS 210 AND 53 BUT ROADS REMAIN OPEN.
13.5	FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT HIGHWAY 53, HIGHWAY 210, WHITE STOCKING ROAD, SHAW HIGHWAY AND HOLLY SHELTER ROAD. ROADS ARE PASSABLE BUT HAVE WATER ON THEM.
12.5	FLOODWATERS CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME IMPASSABLE IN THE RIVER BEND, RIVER BIRCH AND ALLIGATOR LAKE SUBDIVISIONS OFF HIGHWAY 53. THESE AREAS BECOME ISOLATED DUE TO THE FLOODWATERS AND SOME EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. IN THE HOLLY SHELTER ESTATES SUBDIVISION, HALF OF THE AREA HAS WATER ON THE ROADS DUE TO FLOODWATERS. APPROXIMATELY 12 HOMES ON OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD OFF SHAW HIGHWAY BECOME ISOLATED.
12.0	FLOODING WORSENS IN THE RIVER BEND, RIVER BIRCH AND ALLIGATOR LAKE SUBDIVISIONS OFF HIGHWAY 53 ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER. FLOODWATERS CONTINUE TO RISE ON CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD AND OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD. HOLLY SHELTER ESTATES AND THE SANDY BEND SUBDIVISION BEGIN TO BE AFFECTED.
11.5	FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT ROADS IN ALLIGATOR LAKE SUBDIVISION. FLOODING WORSENS IN THE RIVER BEND AND RIVER BIRCH SUBDIVISIONS AND ALONG CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD AND OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD.
11.0	FLOODWATERS CONTINUE TO RISE AND AFFECT ROADS IN THE RIVER BEND AND RIVER BIRCH SUBDIVISIONS OFF HIGHWAY 53 ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER. PORTIONS OF CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD AND OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD BECOME IMPASSABLE.
10.5	FLOOD WATERS CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF RIVER BEND ROAD...RIVER BIRCH ROAD...CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD AND OLD MAPLE HILL ROAD.
10.0	RIVER IS AT BANKFULL AND SOME WATER BEGINS TO SPILL OVER ONTO ROADS IN THE RIVER BEND AND RIVER BIRCH SUBDIVISIONS.