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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

658 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 653 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

CENTRAL PORTIONS OF FAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH COUNTIES...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BY 900 AM. 



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG STATE 

HIGHWAY 194 IN THE ROSSVILLE AREA OF FAYETTE COUNTY.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 900 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  SOMERVILLE...LA GRANGE...SLAYDEN...RED BANKS...MT PLEASANT...

  MARIANNA...HOLLY SPRINGS...BYHALIA



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

ROADWAY.



.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.



LAT...LON 3543 8921 3502 8921 3501 8936 3459 8932

          3462 8973 3540 8966

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