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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1249 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 1249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS

  FRIENDSHIP...NEW ALBANY...KEOWNVILLE...GUNTOWN...ETTA...BLAIR AND

  BALDWYN.



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 445 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE 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 3378 8872 3380 8872 3381 8875 3441 8923

      3457 8924 3461 8898 3461 8885 3455 8872

      3452 8872 3452 8866 3432 8820 3408 8819

      3375 8824 3374 8831 3369 8837 3368 8865



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