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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

127 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.



* AT 127 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH  

  OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT. AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS         

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. NUMEROUS ROADS IN CHICKASAW COUNTY WERE     

  REPORTED FLOODED BY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 730 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  WATER VALLEY...VERONA...VELMA...VARDAMAN...TUPELO...TULA...TROY...

  TREMONT...SPRINGDALE...SMITHVILLE...SHANNON...SCOBEY...SANDY

  SPRINGS...SALTILLO...RANDOLPH



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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