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WGUS72 KRAH 260639

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

240 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR HOKE COUNTY IN 

CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 645 AM...



AT 1245 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 400 AM.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING 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. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEGUN ALONG ROCKFISH ROAD DUE TO 

THE POTENTIAL FOR DAM FAILURE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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