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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

918 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 913 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER CROCKETT AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WHICH WILL RESULT IN 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



IN ADDITION...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN RESULTING IN FLOODING NEAR BROWNSVILLE.  





* FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF...

  BROWNSVILLE

  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 1115 PM CDT



.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 3591 8925 3598 8916 3584 8908 3581 8892

          3568 8908 3545 8908 3542 8947 3568 8947

          3581 8940



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