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WGUS72 KRAH 261047

FFSRAH

NCC093-261300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

458 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOKE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



OVERNIGHT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL 

HOKE COUNTY HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF MANY ROADS...CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN 

EASTERN HOKE COUNTY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAM FAILURE.



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

LARGE POND IS THREATENING TO BREAK. HOKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE DAM. 

THE WATER LEVEL IN THE POND SEEMS TO BE NEAR CREST HOWEVER THE DAM 

COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF A COUPLE HUNDRED 

HOMES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ALONG ROCKFISH ROAD IN MCLAUGHLIN LAKES 

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAM FAILURE. IF THE DAM FAILS A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNINGS WILL BE REISSUED.



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