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000 

WGUS54 KMEG 050637

FFWMEM

TNC017-077-113-050830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

136 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



* AT 132 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHERN MADISON AND HENDERSON COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE 

EVENING AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

SITUATION.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 330 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WILDERSVILLE...SPRING CREEK...MIDDLE FORK...LEXINGTON...

  HUNTINGDON...HOLLOW ROCK...DARDEN...CEDAR GROVE...BUENA VISTA...

  BLUE GOOSE...BARGERTON...ATWOOD



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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...

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 3599 8870 3581 8871 3570 8894 3560 8822

          3604 8827

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000 

WGUS54 KMEG 050637

FFWMEM

TNC017-077-113-050830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

136 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



* AT 132 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHERN MADISON AND HENDERSON COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE 

EVENING AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

SITUATION.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 330 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WILDERSVILLE...SPRING CREEK...MIDDLE FORK...LEXINGTON...

  HUNTINGDON...HOLLOW ROCK...DARDEN...CEDAR GROVE...BUENA VISTA...

  BLUE GOOSE...BARGERTON...ATWOOD



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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...

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 3599 8870 3581 8871 3570 8894 3560 8822

          3604 8827

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