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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

748 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



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YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-

748 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...



AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY 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 WATER VALLEY

AND VELMA.



.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 3381 9015 3417 8974 3417 8971 3419 8971

      3419 8962 3403 8950 3395 8950 3387 8962

      3387 8977 3390 8977 3390 8993 3383 8995



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