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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

656 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 650 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA FROM

  NEAR BIG SANDY IN BENTON COUNTY TO NEAR ERIN IN HOUSTON COUNTY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING WEST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER

  MOVING EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN 

ESTIMATED BY RADAR DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. THE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE ENOUGH RUNOFF TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.    



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE 

RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3637 8810 3623 8814 3625 8781 3625 8762

          3628 8754 3635 8760



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