Expires:200804042315;Remove:200804042315;441606 WGUS84 KMEG 042119 FLSMEG FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 418 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ARZ058-MSZ003>006-009>017-020>024-042315- PHILLIPS AR-ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-PRENTISS MS- UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-COAHOMA MS-LEE MS-QUITMAN MS- ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-CALHOUN MS- MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS- 418 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 418 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 1 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS RAIN IS IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY INCLUDE ABERDEEN...AMORY...BALDWYN...BATESVILLE...BOONEVILLE AND CHARLESTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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. $$