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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 654 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
  HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAGRANGE...
  COLLIERVILLE...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...GERMANTOWN...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...
  SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...WHITEHAVEN...LAKE
  CORMORANT...EUDORA...HORN LAKE...LYNCHBURG...OLIVE BRANCH AND
  SOUTHAVEN.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR AND WAPANOCCA
  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 3524 9034 3526 9020 3518 9008 3519 8919
      3500 8920 3500 8972 3490 8973 3483 9015
      3484 9020 3486 9021 3488 9041 3514 9040
      3515 9042 3519 9042

$$





