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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1237 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

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ALCORN MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-PRENTISS MS-FAYETTE TN-
SHELBY TN-HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
1237 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR...
  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
AT 1237 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 230 PM CDT.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
INCLUDE BARTLETT...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH AND
GERMANTOWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
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