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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
501 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...SOUTHERN TIPTON 
  COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. DANGEROUS FLOODING WILL  
  CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO A LEVEE BREAK ALONG THE BIG 
  CREEK.

* AT 501 PM CDT...SHELBY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS       
  REPORTED THAT A LEVEE HAS BREACHED ALONG BIG CREEK AND CONTINUES   
  TO FLOOD AREAS FROM SHELBY FORREST TO THE FAYETTE COUNTY LINE AND  
  WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD THE WARNED LOCATIONS. 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.

* 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.

.ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL LIKELY 
RESULT IN FURTHER FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS. 

.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 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

$$