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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1058 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 1052 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM      

  MILLINGTON SOUTHWEST TOWARD EUDORA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES       

  DURING THE PAST HOUR RANGED FROM ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES    

  FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.



IN ADDITION...LOCAL EMA REPORTED ROADS BEGINNING TO BE COVERED BY 

WATER IN WALLS AND HORN LAKE. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1230 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...

  LAKELAND...GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...

  BOLTON...BARTLETT...WALLS...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...LYNCHBURG



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



.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.



LAT...LON 3539 8968 3481 8975 3480 9022 3539 9008

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