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WGUS52 KRAH 270556

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NCC093-271400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

151 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT THIS MORNING



* AT 200 AM EDT A WEAKENED EARTHEN DAM FEEDING WATER INTO ROCKFISH 

CREEK IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW



AT 200 AM THE EARTHEN DAM WHICH FEEDS WATER INTO ROCKFISH CREEK 

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

CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW. 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 THIS MORNING.



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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION. 



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