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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

916 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  NORTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHEASTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 916 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES        

  OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND UP TO 3 INCHES   

  MORE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  UNIONVILLE...UNION CITY...TROY...ROELLEN...OBION...NEWBERN...

  MISTON...MILLSFIELD...HELOISE...EATON...DYERSBURG...CLOVERDALE AND

  BRADLEYTOWN.



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.



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 3652 8894 3595 8912 3600 8919 3589 8927

      3565 8990 3609 8979 3619 8960 3619 8950

      3632 8940 3650 8916

TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 180DEG 0KT 3596 8959



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