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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

531 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



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PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-OBION TN-

531 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

OBION...LAKE AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...



AT 526 AM CDT...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS STILL BE REPORTED OVER 

NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PEMISCOT...OBION...AND LAKE COUNTIES. DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT THESE LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 10 

INCHES OF RAINFALL. MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF 

THE WARNED AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO AGGREVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING.



AT 515 AM CDT...PEMISCOT CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING IN SOUTH PORTAGEVILLE AND MARSTON IN EXTREME NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF PEMISCOT COUNTY. IN SOUTH PORTAGEVILLE...WATER WAS 

ENTERING INTO HOMES AND SANDBAGGING WAS UNDERWAY TO PREVENT 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN NEARBY HOMES. ALSO AN AMBULANCE SHED IN TOWN 

HAD ONE FOOT OF WATER INSIDE. IN THE COMMUNITY OF MARSTON ALONG 

INTERSTATE 55 WATER WERE INTO HOMES AND EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY. 

COUNTY ROADS ALSO HAD WATER OVER THEM NEAR WARDELL AND HAYWARD.



AT 545 AM CDT...OBION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AREAS IN UNION CITY. THE UNION CITY PARK WAS UNDER 

THREE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS RISING 

RAPIDLY ALONG HARRIS CREEK AND THREATENING THE GREEN ACRES MOBILE 

HOME PARK. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA ARE URGED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TIPTONVILLE...WOODLAND MILLS...UNION CITY...SAMBURG...CLAYTON AND

HAYWARD



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.



.PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE 

IN MEMPHIS.



.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 3650 8896 3631 8897 3630 8939 3619 8995

      3642 8995 3640 8956 3651 8942



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