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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1224 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008



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DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-

1224 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR

HENDERSON AND DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR

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 NATCHEZ

  TRACE STATE PARK...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST...WILDERSVILLE...

  PARSONS...LEXINGTON...DARDEN...BLUE GOOSE AND BARGERTON.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR

COUNTY BIBLE HILL ROAD AT SHIPMAN CREEK...BIBLE HILL ROAD IN

PARSONS...BOHANNON LD ROAD AT RICKETTS CREEK...CONCORD ROAD AT LESTER

CREEK...FAIRGROUND ROAD...HAYNES ROAD AT HOG CREEK...HOG CREEK ROAD

AT MILLS BRANCH...LARGE ROAD AT RUSSIAN CREEK...LARGO ROAD 4...

NORTHWOOD STREET IN PARSONS...OAK PARK ROAD AT CHEROKEE HEIGHTS

ROAD...OLD LEXINGTON ROAD AT BEAR CREEK AND W O BAKER ROAD.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH 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 3539 8801 3542 8806 3539 8810 3538 8819

      3543 8824 3543 8836 3550 8836 3550 8848

      3561 8861 3582 8859 3582 8818 3585 8817

      3586 8806 3582 8802 3582 8797 3573 8802

      3561 8803 3551 8796 3544 8804 3540 8797



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