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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

219 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



MSC027-033-071-093-107-119-137-143-072115-

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DESOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-

COAHOMA MS-QUITMAN MS-

219 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

QUITMAN...EASTERN COAHOMA...PANOLA...NORTHERN LAFAYETTE...TATE...

TUNICA...MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTIES...



AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 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 TUNICA...

STRAYHORN...SLEDGE...SENATOBIA...SARDIS...RED BANKS...PRICHARD...

PLEASANT GROVE...PHILLIPP...NORTH TUNICA...MARIANNA...LITTLE TEXAS...

LEWISBURG...LAWS HILL...INDEPENDENCE...HOLLYWOOD...HOLLY SPRINGS...

HERNANDO...HARMONTOWN...GLENVILLE...EUDORA...DUNDEE...DUBBS...

CRENSHAW...COMO...COLDWATER...CAMBRIDGE...BYHALIA...BETHLEHEM...BARR

AND ARKABUTLA.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 415 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



.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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



LAT...LON 3405 9067 3447 9058 3489 9022 3485 8931

      3459 8929 3459 8924 3441 8924 3416 9013

      3408 9032 3408 9045 3403 9045 3399 9054



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WGUS74 KMEG 071920

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

219 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



MSC027-033-071-093-107-119-137-143-072115-

/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0135.000000T0000Z-080807T2115Z/

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

DESOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-

COAHOMA MS-QUITMAN MS-

219 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

QUITMAN...EASTERN COAHOMA...PANOLA...NORTHERN LAFAYETTE...TATE...

TUNICA...MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTIES...



AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 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 TUNICA...

STRAYHORN...SLEDGE...SENATOBIA...SARDIS...RED BANKS...PRICHARD...

PLEASANT GROVE...PHILLIPP...NORTH TUNICA...MARIANNA...LITTLE TEXAS...

LEWISBURG...LAWS HILL...INDEPENDENCE...HOLLYWOOD...HOLLY SPRINGS...

HERNANDO...HARMONTOWN...GLENVILLE...EUDORA...DUNDEE...DUBBS...

CRENSHAW...COMO...COLDWATER...CAMBRIDGE...BYHALIA...BETHLEHEM...BARR

AND ARKABUTLA.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 415 PM CDT BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



.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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



LAT...LON 3405 9067 3447 9058 3489 9022 3485 8931

      3459 8929 3459 8924 3441 8924 3416 9013

      3408 9032 3408 9045 3403 9045 3399 9054



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