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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1040 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.



* AT 1040 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. RAIN AMOUNTS 

BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1245 AM. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF...

  WATER VALLEY...VERONA...TUPELO...PONTOTOC...OKOLONA...NETTLETON...

  HOUSTON...FULTON...CLARKSDALE...CHARLESTON...BATESVILLE...AMORY...

  ABERDEEN

  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 1245 AM CDT



.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 3424 8791 3358 8802 3353 9077 3440 9064

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