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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1018 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



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DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-MADISON TN-CHESTER TN-HARDEMAN TN-HARDIN TN-

MCNAIRY TN-

1018 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

MCNAIRY...HARDIN...SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN...CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN

MADISON...SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1018 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN OVER

THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED

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

WITH RATES OF GREATER THAN 4 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARDIS...

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

DECATURVILLE...DARDEN AND BLUE GOOSE.



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.



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



.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 3570 8872 3570 8802 3501 8809 3501 8886

TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 180DEG 0KT 3543 8841



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