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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1224 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS 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

  WILDERSVILLE...MIDDLE FORK...HOLLOW ROCK...CEDAR GROVE...BUENA

  VISTA AND BRUCETON.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR

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

PARSONS...BOHANNON LD ROAD AT RICKETTS CREEK...FAIRGROUND ROAD...

HAYNES ROAD AT HOG CREEK...HOG CREEK ROAD AT MILLS BRANCH...NORTHWOOD

STREET IN PARSONS...OAK PARK ROAD AT CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD...OLD

LEXINGTON ROAD AT BEAR CREEK AND W O BAKER ROAD .



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 4 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINISHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



.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 3587 8819 3588 8805 3575 8798 3573 8801

      3560 8801 3552 8850 3571 8861 3577 8860

      3579 8865 3590 8871 3592 8870 3608 8820

TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 180DEG 0KT 3578 8851



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