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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

218 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.



* AT 215 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER       

  PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. SINCE   

  LAST NIGHT...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN.        

  THROUGH 7 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 815 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  SHILOH...SELMER...SAVANNAH...PICKWICK DAM...MORRIS CHAPEL...

  CRUMP...ADAMSVILLE...ACTON...WENASOGA...TISHOMINGO...THRASHERS...

  THEO...SLAYDEN...RIPLEY...RED BANKS



.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.



.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 3536 8811 3462 8815 3462 8968 3499 8969

          3499 8880 3523 8876

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