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WGUS72 KRAH 261940

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

333 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY DUE TO THE DAM FAILURE 

AT HOPE MILLS LAKE WILL NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND 4 PM EDT...



THE DAM FAILURE AT HOPE MILLS LAKE THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND 4 PM EDT.  



OFFICIALS AT THE SCENE OF THE DAM FAILURE REPORT THAT HOPE MILLS 

LAKE WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN. WATER LEVELS IN THE HOPE MILLS VICINITY 

DOWMSTREAM FROM THE DAM SHOULD NOT GO UP ANY HIGHER THAN THOSE 

OBSERVED AT 330 PM EDT. 



WHILE THE BRIDGE AT THE FOOT OF THE HOPE MILLS LAKE DAM HAS BEEN 

WASHED OUT...LEGION ROAD AND CAMERON ROAD NEAR THE DAM HAVE BEEN 

CLEARED AND REOPENED FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.



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