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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1050 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALCORN...TISHOMINGO...

TIPPAH...PRENTISS...UNION...HARDIN AND MCNAIRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM

CST...



AT 1050 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST 

TENNESSEE WAS SLOWLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM RAIN THAT 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. AREA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL BRIDGES WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT 

IN PRENTISS AND UNION COUNTIES. 



.EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BY MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA 

TODAY. 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.

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