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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1259 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



ARC035-077-107-123-MSC009-033-093-137-143-TNC047-157-167-042115-

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PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-BENTON MS-

MARSHALL MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-TIPTON TN-

1259 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

TIPTON...SHELBY...FAYETTE...TATE...TUNICA...MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN

BENTON...DESOTO...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS...LEE AND PHILLIPS

COUNTIES...



AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY ALONG AND 

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 

THURSDAY MORNING.



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 UP TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

3 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



.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.



.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 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 1755Z 180DEG 0KT 3509 9025



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