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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
837 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

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

* AT 825 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 6 INCHES OR MORE OF
  RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE
  NEXT 3 HOURS. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED
  THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NUMEROUS MOTORISTS ARE BEING REPORTED
  STRANDED DUE TO THE FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AND
  RESCUES ARE TAKING PLACE. SEVERAL HOMES ARE FLOODED IN NORTHERN
  SHELBY COUNTY WITH RESCUE CALLS TAKING PLACE.

  THE BIG CREEK GAGES ARE RISING RAPIDLY WITH ROSEMARK ANTICIPATED
  TO REACH 23 FEET...SLEDGE ROAD UP TO 19 FEET AND MILLINGTON AROUND
  28 FEET. THE LOOSAHATCHIE IS ALSO RISING FAST AND SHOULD REACH 19
  FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING FIELDS
  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

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

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR CORONEE LAKE.

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 FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

&&

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

$$





