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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY

* A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY... 
  SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. DANGEROUS
  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO A LEVEE BREAK
  ALONG BIG CREEK.

* THE LEVEE BREAK ALONG BIG CREEK CONTINUES TO FLOOD AREAS IN THE
  WARNING. FIVE FEET OF WATER HAVE FLOODED THE NAVAL AIR STATION IN
  MILLINGTON AND WATER CONTINUES TO RISE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF
  MILLINGTON. THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF WATER      
  BEGINS TO QUICKLY RISE IN YOUR LOCATION...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO      
  HIGHER GROUND.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLINGTON
  AND MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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.

.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 3531 9016 3532 9010 3537 9011 3542 9007
      3541 9005 3545 9000 3546 9001 3549 8998
      3550 8947 3521 8947 3523 9008 3526 9010
      3526 9015 3529 9017

$$