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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

549 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 549 AM CDT... OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES   

  THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUNICA...

  ROBINSONVILLE...PRICHARD AND NORTH TUNICA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 OR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE 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.



.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 3456 9054 3462 9059 3470 9056 3464 9055

      3469 9046 3472 9054 3481 9052 3477 9049

      3474 9052 3472 9050 3474 9046 3484 9046

      3486 9021 3458 9022 3450 9043

TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 9081



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