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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

552 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALCORN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM

CDT...



AT 552 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH

OUT OF MCNAIRY COUNTY INTO ALCORN COUNTY. SOME AREAS OF ALCORN COUNTY HAVE

ALREADY RECEIVED THREE INCHES OF RAIN. THESE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED

WITH THE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OF WATER TO FLOAT A VEHICLE.



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