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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

159 PM 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 800 PM EDT



* AT 159 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER  

HAS BEEN OVERFLOWING THE DAM LOCATED IN THE ROCKFISH CREEK AREA NEAR 

THE JUNCTION OF HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND ROBESON COUNTIES SINCE EARLY 

THIS MORNING. THE WATER WAS NOW ERODING THE EARTHEN DAM AT A RATE OF 

6 INCHES PER HOUR.



* THE FAILURE OF THE DAM IS IMMINENT.  COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE

  CLOSED SECTIONS OF PHILLIPI CHURCH ROAD AND ROCKFISH ROAD IN

  ANTICIPATION OF THE HIGH WATER FROM THE DAM FAILURE TO CROSS

  THESE ROADS. LAKEVIEW ROAD AT THE BASE OF THE DAM IS ALREADY

  CLOSED AND IS WASHED OUT.



PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.



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