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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

100 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



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DECATUR TN-FAYETTE TN-HENDERSON TN-HAYWOOD TN-MADISON TN-CHESTER TN-

HARDEMAN TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-

100 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



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

MCNAIRY...HARDIN...HARDEMAN...CHESTER...MADISON...HAYWOOD...

HENDERSON...EASTERN FAYETTE AND DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 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

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 AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 415 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF.



.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.



.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.



.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



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 1800Z 180DEG 0KT 3491 8860



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