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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

833 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL

  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



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 3437 8878 3438 8867 3430 8872 3428 8881

      3429 8885

TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 180DEG 0KT 3432 8876



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