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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

400 AM CDT THU OCT 10 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 700 AM CDT.



* AT 353 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF DESOTO AND SHELBY COUNTIES. 

APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 900 PM WEDNESDAY 

EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE AREA...AND ANOTHER 

ONE OR TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 700 AM. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...GERMANTOWN...       

  FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EADS...COLLIERVILLE...BOLTON...BARTLETT...   

  ARLINGTON...SOUTHAVEN



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 



.TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

MEMPHIS.



LAT...LON 3539 8965 3501 8965 3481 8974 3480 9014

          3541 9001

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