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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

541 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM

CDT...



AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NOW SOUTH OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN A VERY SHORT 

PERIOD OF TIME. FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING...THOUGH THE 

FLOOD WATERS SHOULD RECEDE THROUGH 645 PM CDT.



CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 645 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  JACKSON

AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS.



SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR 

TWO...BUT THIS SHOULD NOT ADD TO THE FLOODING THREAT.



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

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