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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1018 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  NORTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 115 AM CST



* AT 1018 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  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 TUNICA...

  PHILLIPP...NORTH TUNICA...INDEPENDENCE...COLDWATER...ARKABUTLA...

  RONDO...MARIANNA AND AUBREY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



.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.



.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



&&



LAT...LON 3477 9107 3481 8972 3470 8972 3469 8967

      3457 8966 3456 8971 3446 8972 3443 9020

      3452 9020 3452 9030 3443 9030 3438 9100

      3447 9100 3448 9105



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