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

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL NOON CDT

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

* AT 954 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL
  HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SOUTHAVEN
  AND CORDOVA.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR.

AREA RIVERS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. THE WOLF RIVER AT GERMANTOWN SHOULD
APPROACH ACTION STAGE OF 20 FEET WHICH WOULD FLOOD NEARBY LOW LYING
FIELDS. STAY AWAY FROM RISING WATERS!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3484 9014 3485 9021 3494 9015 3498 9011
      3505 9007 3512 9004 3516 9000 3519 8919
      3500 8920 3500 8972 3490 8973 3483 9015
      3483 9016

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