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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1231 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT TUESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



AT 1230 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

ACROSS PONTOTOC...LEE...AND ITAWAMBA COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES 

BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN LEE 

AND SOUTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTIES.



CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 230 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  FULTON...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...VERONA

AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS.



.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

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