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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

127 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

  PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 127 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF

  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...COTTONWOOD GROVE...BOLTON...WARDELL...

  SENATH...KENNETT...HAYTI HEIGHTS...HAYTI AND DEERING.



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 3651 8932 3620 8950 3619 8968 3601 8975

      3599 9035 3638 8999 3637 8955 3647 8953

      3648 8949 3646 8946 3649 8943

TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 180DEG 0KT 3610 9011



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