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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

458 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 451 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH 

OF SHELBY AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE 200 AM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 700 AM. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...SOMERVILLE...

  MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...LA GRANGE...GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER...

  ELLENDALE...EADS...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...COLLIERVILLE...BOLTON...

  BARTLETT



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS.



.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 3538 8924 3498 8921 3500 9010 3536 9008

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