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WGUS72 KRAH 270903

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NCZ086-088-271400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

454 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ROCKFISH CREEK NEAR THE 

BORDER BETWEEN HOKE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM THIS 

MORNING...



A THUNDERSTORM MOVED EAST OVER EASTERN HOKE AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND 

COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 400 AM THIS MORNING. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN 

FELL OVER THE AREA...WHERE A WEAKENED EARTHEN DAM WHICH FEEDS WATER 

INTO ROCKFISH CREEK WAS OVERFLOWING.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS STATED THE DAM STRUCTURE IS     

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

FLOODING OF ROCKFISH CREEK FLOWING INTO UPCHURCHES POND. 



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



ROADS ARE BARRICADED AND PRECAUTIONARY EVACUATIONS ARE EXPECTED 

SHORTLY. PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE CREEK DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM 

SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW AS FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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