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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

949 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  EASTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  NORTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 949 PM CDT...OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

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

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH     

  MIDNIGHT. 



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

  SPRINGVILLE...SOUTH FULTON...SHARON...RUTHERFORD...ROUTON...

  PARIS...PALMERSVILLE...MCKENZIE...MARTIN...KENTON...HOLLOW ROCK...

  GREENFIELD...GLEASON...DYER...DRESDEN...CRONANVILLE...LATHAM...

  COTTAGE GROVE...BRUCETON AND BRADFORD.



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...CONCORD ROAD AT LESTER

CREEK...FAIRGROUND ROAD...HAYNES ROAD AT HOG CREEK...HOG CREEK ROAD

AT MILLS BRANCH...LARGE ROAD AT RUSSIAN CREEK...LARGO ROAD 4...

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. 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 3584 8821 3580 8800 3545 8802 3541 8796

      3505 8801 3500 8818 3491 8811 3454 8817

      3452 8831 3524 8837 3517 8879 3525 8879

      3535 8861 3536 8836 3551 8838 3560 8860

      3578 8857 3595 8912 3650 8891 3649 8807

TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 180DEG 0KT 3602 8854



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