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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1044 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1044 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY     

  HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED   

  AREA. OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 6    

  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILDERSVILLE...SARDIS...REAGAN...PARSONS...MIFFLIN...LEXINGTON...

  JACKS CREEK...DECATURVILLE...DARDEN...BLUE GOOSE AND BARGERTON.



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...CONCORD ROAD AT LESTER

CREEK...FAIRGROUND ROAD...HAYNES ROAD AT HOG CREEK...HOG CREEK ROAD

AT MILLS BRANCH...LARGE ROAD AT RUSSIAN CREEK...LARGO ROAD 4...

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 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 3583 8798 3561 8801 3547 8798 3545 8802

      3543 8798 3532 8800 3502 8797 3500 8800

      3522 8864 3579 8862 3583 8857 3582 8818

      3586 8817 3587 8803

TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 180DEG 0KT 3534 8840



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