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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1250 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 4 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF JACKSON IN MADISON COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH 0.52 

INCHES IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD 

TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILDERSVILLE...SPRING CREEK...PARSONS...LEXINGTON...JACKSON...HOLLY

  GROVE...FAIRVIEW...DARDEN...BLUE GOOSE...BELLS...BELLE EAGLE...

  BARGERTON...ALAMO AND ADAIR.



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...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 3575 8799 3573 8802 3540 8803 3542 8806

      3539 8813 3539 8821 3543 8824 3543 8836

      3540 8836 3546 8948 3551 8947 3593 8921

      3586 8908 3580 8891 3579 8860 3582 8858

      3582 8799



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