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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

134 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



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MADISON TN-

134 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR

MADISON COUNTY...



AT 134 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF

MADISON COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UP TO ANOTHER HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACKSON AND

BEMIS.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MORE FLOODING.



.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 3562 8904 3576 8891 3576 8861 3552 8864

      3544 8880 3547 8905

TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 180DEG 0KT 3553 8888



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