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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

353 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HOKE COUNTY

IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 1000 AM EDT THIS MORNING.



AT 400 AM EDT A WEAKENED EARTHEN DAM FEEDING WATER INTO ROCKFISH 

CREEK IN EASTERN HOKE COUNTY CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW. A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM... 

PRODUCING AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN. 



FLOWS DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS DAM IN ROCKFISH CREEK HAVE STABILIZED AND 

ARE SLOWLY RECEDING. HOWEVER...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MAKE THE 

SITUATION MORE DANGEROUS EARLY THIS MORNING. 



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.



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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

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