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WGUS74 KMEG 012151
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
443 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

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CRITTENDEN AR-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-HAYWOOD TN-
HARDEMAN TN-TIPTON TN-
443 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN TIPTON...NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHWESTERN HAYWOOD...
SHELBY...FAYETTE...NORTHERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND EAST
CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES...

...DANGEROUS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 
SHELBY COUNTY DUE TO A LEVEE BREAK ALONG THE BIG CREEK...

A LEVEE HAS BREACHED ALONG BIG CREEK AND CONTINUES TO FLOOD AREAS 
FROM SHELBY FORREST TO THE FAYETTE COUNTY LINE ACROSS NORTHERN 
PORTIONS OF SHELBY COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...FIVE FEET OF WATER HAS 
FLOODED THE NAVAL AIR STATION IN MILLINGTON AND WATER CONTINUES TO 
RISE QUICKLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF MILLINGTON. LIVE WATER 
RESCUES CONTINUE AND UPWARDS OF 200 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
RESCUED. IN ADDITION...200 TO 300 HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN BASE 
HOUSING AT NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY IN MILLINGTON. THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF WATER BEGINS TO QUICKLY RISE IN 
YOUR LOCATION...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. 

AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3490 8933 3492 8972 3500 8972 3500 9023
      3541 9008 3549 8918 3525 8903

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