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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1258 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.



* AT 1255 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING 

OVER SOUTHERN DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



IN ADDITION...AT 1258 PM LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS TATE COUNTY...



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 300 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  STRAYHORN...SENATOBIA...PHILLIPP...INDEPENDENCE...HERNANDO...

  EUDORA...COLDWATER...BARR...ARKABUTLA



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

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

ROADWAYS.



.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 3485 8974 3458 8973 3458 9020 3485 9020



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