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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1157 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1157 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 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA.



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

  BRADFORD...LEXINGTON...BARGERTON...CEDAR GROVE...MILAN...REAGAN...

  BLUE GOOSE...SPRING CREEK AND TRENTON.



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.



.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 3636 8800 3633 8808 3625 8807 3613 8819

      3587 8819 3588 8805 3583 8799 3554 8801

      3548 8835 3594 8909 3648 8804 3647 8803

TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 050DEG 34KT 3587 8853



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