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WGUS72 KRAH 081627
FFSRAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1227 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

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HOKE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
1227 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
HOKE...CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES...

AT 1222 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREAS.  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING AND WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY. IN ADDITION...THE
RHODES LAKE DAM NEAR GODWIN IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS FAILED
AND US301 IS FLOODED AND INTERSTATE 95 MAY BE FLOODED AS WELL. EIGHT
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN FAYETTEVILLE AND AN ADDITIONAL 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE... CLINTON... RAEFORD...FORT BRAGG...HARRELLS...
GODWIN...POPE AFB...JEROME...ANTIOCH AND HOPE MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST DO SO TO ESCAPE THE FLOODING OR
ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING
AREA...ALONG A CREEK OR STREAM...OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING
FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

PEOPLE LIVING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RHODES LAKE DAM SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW AS FLOODING WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 7850 3483 7890 3490 7894 3495 7904
      3483 7919 3484 7935 3494 7935 3504 7946
      3521 7925 3517 7912 3526 7880 3525 7862
      3532 7854 3526 7848 3529 7830 3520 7816
      3490 7815 3474 7820 3471 7811 3455 7825

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