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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1239 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006



TNC017-039-077-292000-

DECATUR TN-CARROLL TN-HENDERSON TN-

1239 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR

HENDERSON...CARROLL AND DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. 



WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME HOMES AND 

BUSINESSES IN PARSONS LOCATED IN DECATUR COUNTY. IN ADDITION...  

ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF CARROLL 

COUNTY...IN EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...AND PARTS OF DECATUR COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WARNED COUNTIES WILL 

AGGRAVATE THIS SITUATION.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WILDERSVILLE...VALE...MIDDLE FORK...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...HOLLOW

ROCK...CEDAR GROVE...BUENA VISTA...BRUCETON AND ATWOOD.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. TURN AROUND,

DONT DROWN.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3617 8816 3584 8823 3583 8798 3544 8796

      3541 8820 3554 8841 3582 8868 3611 8870



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