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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1055 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 100 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 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.  IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS RADAR 

ESTIMATES SHOW 8 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  



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.



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 0355Z 180DEG 0KT 3446 9019



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