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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

554 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 550 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED 

BACK INTO SHELBY AND DESOTO COUNTIES. MANY AREAS HAVE SEEN UP TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE 

FLOODING.



IN ADDITION...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON HOLMES ROAD IN 

SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 800 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...LAKELAND...

  GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...

  COLLIERVILLE...BARTLETT...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...LYNCHBURG...

  LEWISBURG...HORN LAKE



.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.



.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 3524 8968 3486 8968 3486 9014 3524 9015



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