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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1038 PM CST WED DEC 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 130 AM CST.



* AT 1035 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO 

REACH 2 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN THE NEXT 3 HOURS.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CST INCLUDE...

 

MEMPHIS...MUNFORD...MILLINGTON...FRAYSER...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...

DIXONVILLE...BRIGHTON...



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING

SPOTS.



.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.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3553 8965 3504 8969 3500 9013 3555 8997

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