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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

452 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.



* AT 450 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER       

  MEMPHIS NORTH INTO BARTLETT. RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE ONE TO TWO    

  INCHES OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR.



IN ADDITION...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEST 

SIDE OF BARTLETT AS WELL NEAR THE MEMPHIS AIRPORT.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 645 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...

  GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EADS...MEMPHIS...COLLIERVILLE...

  BOLTON...BARTLETT...ARLINGTON



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND 

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING 

SPOTS.



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

ROADWAY.



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

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3537 8961 3499 8961 3498 9008 3537 9008

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