
601 
WGUS74 KMEG 020423
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1117 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

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FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-TIPTON TN-
1117 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN TIPTON...NORTHERN 
SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 1117 PM CDT...THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT 
RISING WATER HAS REACHED OVER SEVERAL TRAILERS NEAR THE INTERSECTION 
OF RALEIGH MILLINGTON ROAD AND NAVY ROAD. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS 
STARTING TO ENCROACH HIGHWAY 51 NEAR THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO HIGHWAY 
385. SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN THE MILLINGTON AREA ARE COVERED WITH 
WATER.

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 SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

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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

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