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WGUS74 KMEG 081520

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1017 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008



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LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-

1017 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PONTOTOC AND WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...



AT 900 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS ON THE 

SOUTH SIDE OF SALTILLO. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA.



UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS 

THIS MORNING.



.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.



LAT...LON 3437 8878 3438 8867 3430 8872 3428 8881

      3429 8885

TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 180DEG 0KT 3432 8876



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