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WGUS52 KRAH 270009

FFWRAH

NCC093-270600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

757 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 757 PM EDT A WEAKENED EARTHEN DAM FEEDING WATER INTO ROCKFISH 

CREEK IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW



AT 745 PM THE EARTHEN DAM WHICH IS FEEDING WATER INTO ROCKFISH CREEK 

NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND ROBESON COUNTIES 

CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW. EXPERTS ON THE SCENE REPORT THE DAM IS 

SHOWING LITTLE FURTHER EROSION. FLOWS DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS 

DAM IN ROCKFISH CREEK HAVE STABILIZED AND ARE SLOWLY RECEDING. 



A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE DAM IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER IT CAN 

NOT ENTIRELY BE RULED OUT. ROADS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE 

DAM HAVE BEEN BARRICADED AND ARE CLOSED. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS 

SHOULD NOT CROSS THESE BARRICADES.



SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE AREA. IF THE 

CURRENT SITUATION CONTINUES AND WATER CONTINUES TO BE STEADILY 

RELEASED FROM THE DAMMED POND...THE IMMEDIATE FLOOD THREAT SHOULD 

ABATE LATER TONIGHT.



RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OR THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION. 





$$



LAT...LON 3517 7911 3487 7905 3489 7933 3514 7943



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