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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
810 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  WEST CENTRAL PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 809 AM CDT...4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE    
  PAST 12 HOURS. RAIN BANDS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE WILL        
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BATESVILLE...NEW ALBANY...OXFORD...WATER VALLEY...GEORGE PAYNE
  STATE PARK...HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST AND JOHN W KYLE STATE
  PARK.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR SARDIS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

&&

LAT...LON 3433 8995 3453 8983 3456 8965 3456 8948
      3452 8944 3453 8933 3450 8925 3459 8924
      3456 8892 3458 8861 3457 8861 3425 8900
      3414 8950 3386 8951 3386 8969 3386 8977
      3389 8978 3389 8992 3382 8993 3381 9010

$$