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WGUS52 KRAH 270849

FFWRAH

NCC051-271400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

443 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 443 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 6 AM.



* EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS STATED THE DAM STRUCTURE IS     

UNSTABLE AND COULD GIVE WAY AT ANY TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME 

FLOODING OF THE ROCKFISH CREEK FLOWING INTO UPCHURCHES POND. 



THE DAM AND CREEK ARE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF HOPE MILLS. 



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

HIGHER GROUND NOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.



$$



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