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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

925 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 925 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 SARDIS...

  REAGAN...PARSONS...MIFFLIN...LEXINGTON...JACKS CREEK...HENDERSON...

  DECATURVILLE AND DARDEN.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR

COUNTY BIBLE HILL ROAD AT SHIPMAN CREEK...BIBLE HILL ROAD IN

PARSONS...CONCORD ROAD AT LESTER CREEK...FAIRGROUND ROAD...LARGE ROAD

AT RUSSIAN CREEK...LARGO ROAD 4...NORTHWOOD STREET IN PARSONS AND OLD

LEXINGTON ROAD AT BEAR CREEK .



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3570 8872 3570 8802 3501 8809 3501 8886

TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 180DEG 0KT 3543 8841



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