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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1036 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHWESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR 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 WHEELER...

  SARDIS...SALTILLO...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...PINEDALE...OXFORD...NEW

  HARMONY...NEW ALBANY...LAWS HILL...KEOWNVILLE...HARMONTOWN...

  GUNTOWN...GLENVILLE...ETTA...ENDVILLE...ECRU...DENMARK...COMO...

  CAMBRIDGE...BURGESS...BLAIR...BETHLEHEM...BATESVILLE AND BALDWYN.



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.



.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 3393 9023 3408 9018 3409 9014 3419 9015

      3456 9003 3460 8851 3411 8856 3407 8887

      3408 8912 3405 8914

TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 180DEG 0KT 3429 8975



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