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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

830 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS...LEE...

PHILLIPS...DESOTO...MARSHALL...TUNICA...TATE...PANOLA...COAHOMA...

QUITMAN...WEAKLEY...HENRY...GIBSON...CARROLL...CROCKETT...

LAUDERDALE...HAYWOOD...MADISON...SHELBY...FAYETTE AND TIPTON COUNTIES

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 830 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE WIDESPREAD MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS COMING TO AN END. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 

4 INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOR 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED IF ANY 

OF THESE SHOWERS PERSIST IN ONE AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS REMAIN 

CLOSED IN SOME LOCATIONS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER 

TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND WATCH OUT FOR AREAS WHERE 

WATER STILL COVERS THE ROAD.   



IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS RIVERS ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ACROSS THE 

MIDSOUTH. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT.



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