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WGUS74 KMEG 271717

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1214 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



TNC023-039-071-077-109-271745-

/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0099.000000T0000Z-080527T1745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-CHESTER TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-

1214 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY...HARDIN...NORTHEASTERN CHESTER...HENDERSON AND

DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 6 

HOURS...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



AT 1214 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTS ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE IN 

THE MORRIS CHAPEL AND OLIVE HILL COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

WILL WORSEN THE EXISTING FLOOD CONDITIONS.



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 OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS 

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.



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 1714Z 180DEG 0KT 3534 8840



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000 

WGUS74 KMEG 271717

FFSMEG



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1214 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



TNC023-039-071-077-109-271745-

/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0099.000000T0000Z-080527T1745Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-CHESTER TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-

1214 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY...HARDIN...NORTHEASTERN CHESTER...HENDERSON AND

DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 6 

HOURS...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



AT 1214 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTS ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE IN 

THE MORRIS CHAPEL AND OLIVE HILL COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

WILL WORSEN THE EXISTING FLOOD CONDITIONS.



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 OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS 

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.



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 1714Z 180DEG 0KT 3534 8840



$$

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