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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

502 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 456 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

RIPLEY...TO CORINTH...TO SAVANNAH. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SEEN TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 200 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  SHILOH...SAVANNAH...PICKWICK DAM...OLIVE HILL...MORRIS CHAPEL...

  CRUMP...WHEELER...WENASOGA...TISHOMINGO...THRASHERS...THEO...

  RIPLEY...PINEFLAT...MIDAY...LEEDY



.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 3451 8823 3462 8902 3499 8893 3499 8839

          3539 8836 3537 8819 3541 8804 3502 8807

          3498 8820 3490 8811

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