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WGUS52 KRAH 261611

FFWRAH

NCC051-262000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1206 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE HOPE MILLS AREA OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 1206 PM EDT.



THE DAM ON HOPE MILLS LAKE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN OF 

HOPE MILLS HAS BREACHED. A REST HOME AND NEARBY RESIDENTS DOWNSTREAM 

FROM THE DAM HAVE EVACUATED. AN EVACUATION SHELTER FOR RESIDENTS HAS 

BEEN SET UP AT THE SOUTHVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 

  

PERSONS LIVING ALONG HOPE MILLS LAKE AND IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM 

THE DAM SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR 

RAPIDLY.



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