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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



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LEE AR-

1100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEE

COUNTY...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



LAT...LON 3416 9096 3459 9068 3462 9049 3462 9024

      3456 9021 3456 9006 3454 9004 3411 9018

TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 180DEG 0KT 3448 9080



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PHILLIPS AR-TUNICA MS-PANOLA MS-COAHOMA MS-QUITMAN MS-

1100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

QUITMAN...COAHOMA...NORTHWESTERN PANOLA...SOUTHERN TUNICA AND EASTERN

PHILLIPS COUNTIES...



AT 1100 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING 

CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

DUBBS...CRENSHAW...WEST HELENA AND HELENA.



FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS AND SOME STANDING WATER IN CLARKSDALE 

HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM A WEATHER SPOTTER.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



.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.



.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



LAT...LON 3416 9096 3459 9068 3462 9049 3462 9024

      3456 9021 3456 9006 3454 9004 3411 9018

TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 180DEG 0KT 3448 9080



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