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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
719 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

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SHELBY TN-FAYETTE TN-
719 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES.

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN FAYETTE AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 716 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
NUMEROUS MOTORISTS ARE BEING REPORTED STRANDED DUE TO THE FLASH
FLOODING IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AND RESCUES ARE TAKING PLACE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOMERVILLE...
ARLINGTON...BARTLETT...EADS...ELLENDALE...FRAYSER...LAKELAND...
MILLINGTON...CORDOVA AND MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

.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 SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

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LAT...LON 3531 9012 3535 9010 3540 9004 3538 8978
      3540 8978 3541 8972 3538 8964 3541 8954
      3539 8918 3517 8919 3515 9009 3520 9012
      3521 9008 3523 9008 3525 9010 3525 9015
      3529 9017

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