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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

639 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 845 PM CST



* AT 639 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

THROUGH DESOTO COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH INTO TATE 

COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RADAR IS SHOWING THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL 

RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN DESOTO COUNTY FROM WALLS TO HERNANDO 

TO LEWISBURG. PERSONS IN TATE COUNTY CAN EXPECT SIMIALR RAIN FALL 

RATES WITH THIS STORM.





* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 845 PM CST INCLUDE...

  WALLS...STRAYHORN...SOUTHAVEN...PHILLIPP...OLIVE BRANCH...

  LYNCHBURG...LEWISBURG...CORMORANT...INDEPENDENCE...HORN LAKE...

  HOLLYWOOD...HERNANDO...EUDORA...COLDWATER...ARKABUTLA



.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.



.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 3501 9026 3498 8973 3463 8968 3461 9023



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