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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

939 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 200 PM CST.



* AT 930 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  

  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST           

  MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVER 

  REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY    

  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF  

  RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH FLOODING LIKELY.          

  OFFICIALS IN MCNAIRY COUNTY TENNESSEE AND PRENTISS COUNTY          

  MISSISSIPPI HAVE ALREADY REPORTED ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.



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

ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OF MOVING WATER TO FLOAT A VEHICLE. 



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

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL

1-800-432-0875.



LAT...LON 3536 8799 3446 8816 3454 8864 3439 8923

          3462 8907 3499 8902 3499 8878 3536 8864

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