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WGUS54 KMEG 270039

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MSC033-107-119-137-143-270330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

735 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.



* AT 736 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO 

POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS EVENING.



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN SEVERAL 

AREAS...INCLUDING BATESVILLE AND TUNICA. SEVERAL ROADS ARE REPORTED 

CLOSED IN EACH OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.



.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3499 8976 3421 8975 3413 9045 3450 9039

          3452 9059 3497 9029

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