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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

530 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  EASTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST 

MISSISSIPPI FROM TUPELO AND EASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY EXTENDING 

NORTHWARD TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF

OVER AN INCH AN HOUR AND AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LAST THREE 

HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTHEASTWARD AND CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME PLACES.



SINCE RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THIS PART OF NORTHEAST 

MISSISSIPPI FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS THE GROUND IS SATURATED. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET AND SHOULD 

DIMINISH BY 800PM THIS EVENING.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



.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.

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