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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

217 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



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UNION MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-

217 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...MONROE...NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC...ITAWAMBA...

LEE AND UNION COUNTIES...



AT 217 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 

OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS 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 VERONA...

TUPELO...TROY...TREMONT...SALTILLO...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...PONTOTOC...

PLANTERSVILLE...PINEDALE...NEW HARMONY...NEW ALBANY...MANTACHIE...

KEOWNVILLE...GUNTOWN...FURRS...FULTON...FAIRVIEW...EVERGREEN...

ETTA...ECRU...BLAIR AND BALDWYN.



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 445 PM CDT AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.



.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.



.FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP

TO HIGHER GROUND.



.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



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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