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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1211 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 315 PM CDT



* AT 1211 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS TRAINED WEATHER

  SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN        

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL         

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AND RISING  

  WATERS OVER WHITE ROCK ROAD NEAR WREN. THIS HAS RESULTED IN        

  FLOODED VEHICLES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SMITHVILLE...NEW WREN AND AMORY.



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

WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE 

SAME AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3402 8871 3409 8822 3409 8821 3375 8825

      3374 8829 3374 8831 3373 8831 3369 8844

      3368 8872



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