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WGUS52 KRAH 260451

FFWRAH

NCC093-261045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1245 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 1245 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* ROCKFISH ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO A POSSIBLE DAM FAILURE



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES. 

IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN THE ROCKFISH AREA A DAM HOLDING BACK A 

LARGE POND IS THREATENING TO BREAK. ROCKFISH ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF 

THE 6500 BLOCK HAS BEEN CLOSED.



AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE ROCKFISH AREA REMAINS UNDER WATER AT 

MIDNIGHT. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE 230 AM. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRAVEL TONIGHT IN SOUTHERN HOKE 

COUNTY SHOULD BE AVOIDED TONIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



$$



LAT...LON 3504 7945 3483 7934 3495 7904 3508 7911



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