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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

424 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



RAIN OF OVER AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR 

COUNTY BIBLE HILL ROAD AT SHIPMAN CREEK...BIBLE HILL ROAD IN 

PARSONS...BOHANNON LD ROAD AT RICKETTS CREEK...FAIRGROUND 

ROAD...HAYNES ROAD AT HOG CREEK...HOG CREEK ROAD AT MILLS 

BRANCH...NORTHWOOD STREET IN PARSONS...OAK PARK ROAD AT CHEROKEE 

HEIGHTS ROAD...OLD LEXINGTON ROAD AT BEAR CREEK AND W O BAKER ROAD .



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



.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 3581 8795 3578 8795 3573 8801 3566 8799

      3565 8801 3560 8801 3560 8819 3584 8817

      3586 8803

TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 180DEG 0KT 3569 8809



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