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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
618 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 616 AM CDT... 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE   
PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL   
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT   
OFFICIALS REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON OLD HIGHWAY 51 NEAR 
BRIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BRIGHTON TENNESSEE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COVINGTON
  AND MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR THE CHUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3545 9041 3559 8961 3538 8961 3526 9042

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