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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

242 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 242 PM CDT... OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EADS...BARTLETT      

  CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE AND ARLINGTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



.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 3504 9017 3512 9015 3513 9006 3538 9007

      3537 8964 3503 8967 3500 9030

TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 180DEG 0KT 3517 9006



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