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MSC057-095-262345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

446 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TREMONT...

  SMITHVILLE...SANDY SPRINGS...NEW SALEM...MANTACHIE...FULTON...

  FAIRVIEW...EVERGREEN...AMORY AND ABERDEEN.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE

USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS

POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3444 8816 3372 8829 3370 8868 3444 8847



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