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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

448 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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YALOBUSHA MS-CALHOUN MS-

448 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND EASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...



AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATER

VALLEY...VELMA AND BANNER.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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.



LAT...LON 3389 8977 3417 8976 3417 8971 3417 8924

      3386 8924



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