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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

653 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 653 PM CDT...OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES      

  THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  STRAYHORN...SLAYDEN...SENATOBIA...RED BANKS...PRICHARD...

  PHILLIPP...OLIVE BRANCH...MT PLEASANT...MARIANNA...LYNCHBURG...

  LITTLE TEXAS...LEWISBURG...LAWS HILL...INDEPENDENCE...HORN LAKE...

  HOLLYWOOD...HOLLY SPRINGS...HERNANDO...HARMONTOWN...GLENVILLE...

  EUDORA...DUNDEE...DUBBS...CRENSHAW...COMO...COLDWATER...BYHALIA...

  BARR AND ARKABUTLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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.



.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 3497 9013 3499 8935 3428 8937 3420 8955

      3418 8996 3415 9076

TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 180DEG 0KT 3446 9019



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