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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

625 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 623 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST 

OF HARDEMAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BROUGHT THE HEAVY 

RAIN WILL MOVE INTO MCNAIRY COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN ONE 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING 

SITUATION.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 800 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEVILLE...SILERTON...SELMER...POCAHONTAS...MCNAIRY...

  CLOVERPORT...BOLIVAR...ADAMSVILLE



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



.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 3542 8886 3533 8880 3526 8880 3524 8873

          3536 8865 3538 8839 3504 8839 3505 8915

          3542 8917

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