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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1019 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.



* AT 1015 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

CARROLL...CROCKETT...GIBSON...HENRY...AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES. MORE 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MENTIONED COUNTIES THE NEXT 3 

HOURS.



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF 

SECONDARY ROADS AND SOME MAIN ROADS. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 115 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  VALE...TRENTON...SPRINGVILLE...SHARON...ROUTON...PARIS...

  PALMERSVILLE...MILAN...MIDDLE FORK...MCKENZIE...MARTIN...

  HUNTINGDON...HUMBOLDT...HOLLOW ROCK...GREENFIELD



.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 MORE FLASH FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GROUND.



.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 3650 8807 3585 8826 3570 8906 3639 8894

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