Good morning everyone –
Just finished our Eastern Branch Office conference call and I wanted to provide a quick update. So far we have fared very well here in Hoke County. We experienced some minor power outages that were quickly mitigated by the Power Company. We had reports of just 3 trees down with another tree down due to a motor vehicle accident. The eastern part of Hoke County remains under a flash flood watch until 8 PM Sunday. Rockfish Creek is at flood stage and with the additional rain predicted for tomorrow could pose a problem for possible flooding in our eastern part of the county. My staff is out checking our Lake levels as well as our earthen dams to see what the affects will be with the additional participation expected tomorrow. (A dam breached early this morning in South Carolina bordering Brunswick County the water went down stream forcing evacuations in both SC and Brunswick County North Carolina they have quite a mess there with Emergency Service Workers busy with evacuations, security and Sheltering operations)
According to the NWS we can expect maybe another 2 to 2.5 inches of rain tomorrow. With hit and miss or very isolated rain reported for the remainder of today.
Depending on where you live within Hoke County the rain amounts vary. Here at our office according to our DAVIS Weather Station have received 8.65 inches of rain since the storm started on 9-24-2015, with 3.86 inches of that amount in October.
Enjoy the remainder of your weekend and be safe in all you’re activities – Unless there is a significant event this may be our last weekend update. NC EM has canceled all conference calls for tomorrow –
As always my numbers are listed should you have any questions -
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