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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

836 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

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



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS... 

  MILLINGTON...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...GERMANTOWN...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...AND

  ARLINGTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3538 8964 3462 8979 3462 9050 3486 9033

      3485 9032 3487 9029 3492 9024 3496 9024

      3514 9006 3538 9006

TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 180DEG 0KT 3500 9002



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