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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1017 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 1017 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

  WILDERSVILLE...WHITEVILLE...WALNUT GROVE...SILERTON...SHILOH...

  SELMER...SAVANNAH...SARDIS...REAGAN...POCAHONTAS...PICKWICK DAM...

  PARSONS...OLIVE HILL...NUTBUSH...MORRIS CHAPEL...MIFFLIN...

  MERCER...MCNAIRY...MASSEYVILLE...LEXINGTON...LAGRANGE...JACKSON...

  JACKS CREEK...HOLLY GROVE...HILLVILLE...HENDERSON...FORKED DEER...

  DECATURVILLE...DARDEN...DANCYVILLE...CRUMP...CLOVERPORT...

  BROWNSVILLE...BOLIVAR...BLUE GOOSE...BEMIS...BELLE EAGLE...

  BARGERTON AND ADAMSVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



.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 3582 8800 3504 8802 3500 8926 3541 8925

      3541 8947 3543 8948 3578 8942 3568 8901

      3571 8898 3583 8827

TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 180DEG 0KT 3491 8860



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