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000 

WGUS74 KMEG 091230

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

728 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



MSC143-091345-

/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080409T1345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TUNICA MS-

728 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

TUNICA COUNTY...



AT 728 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ABOUT 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.



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

ROBINSONVILLE...PRICHARD AND NORTH TUNICA.



.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 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 1228Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 9081



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KMEG 091230

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

728 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



MSC143-091345-

/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080409T1345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TUNICA MS-

728 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

TUNICA COUNTY...



AT 728 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ABOUT 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.



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

ROBINSONVILLE...PRICHARD AND NORTH TUNICA.



.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 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 1228Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 9081



$$

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