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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

456 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 456 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  INCLUDE SLEDGE...SARDIS...PLEASANT GROVE...JONESTOWN...FRIARS      

  POINT...DARLING...CURTIS STATION AND BURGESS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



.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.



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LAT...LON 3404 9060 3417 9064 3415 9083 3446 9055

      3444 8976 3433 8944 3417 8948 3417 8950

      3415 8951 3408 9030



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