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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

556 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008



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MADISON TN-CHESTER TN-

556 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...



AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEMIS.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 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.



LAT...LON 3552 8865 3542 8879 3542 8864 3533 8879

      3535 8880 3539 8886 3544 8885 3544 8907

      3559 8887 3568 8861 3558 8860



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