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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1105 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER THE MID SOUTH THIS

MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT

TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE REGION. WITH

THE GROUND SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS NEAR

OR AT BANKFULL...A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD

FLASH FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING

AREAS.



RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING AND BE READY

TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT DRIVE

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN

VEHICLES THAT ARE WASHED AWAY BY FLOOD WATER.



STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...CABLE TV...AND THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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