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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1014 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 1014 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST      

  12 HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL  

  HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SOMERVILLE...MUNFORD...MILLINGTON...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...LAKELAND...

  FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EADS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...DIXONVILLE...

  COVINGTON...BRIGHTON...BARTLETT...ARLINGTON...WEST MEMPHIS...

  TURRELL...SUNSET...MARION...JERICHO...JENNETTE...GILMORE...

  EDMONDSON...EARLE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAINFALL SLOWLY TAPERS OFF.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3512 9100 3515 9050 3540 9050 3546 9008

      3541 9005 3544 8999 3550 9003 3564 8979

      3558 8950 3541 8947 3540 8925 3454 8929

      3456 9020 3444 9040 3453 9056 3422 9086

      3425 9093 3417 9088 3414 9106

TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 180DEG 0KT 3509 9025



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