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WGUS54 KMEG 060437

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MSC117-145-060630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1135 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.



* AT 1133 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. RAIN 

AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME SPOTS. 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PRENTISS 

AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY 

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHEELER...THRASHERS...PINEDALE...NEW ALBANY...KEOWNVILLE...ETTA...

  BURTON...BOONEVILLE



.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 3456 8927 3438 8922 3439 8900 3447 8871

          3450 8836 3476 8832 3464 8877

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