722
WGUS74 KMEG 161719
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1119 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
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OBION TN-
1119 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2025
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR TOWN OF RIVES
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FAILURE OF A LEVEE ALONG THE OBION
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST MONDAY FOR CENTRAL OBION COUNTY...
AT 1119 AM CST, THE WEST TEMA REGIONAL DIRECTOR REPORTED THAT A
LEVEE ALONG THE OBION AT RIVES FAILED, CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE
TOWN OF RIVES AND OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS IS EXPERIENCING RAPID
ONSET FLOODING. MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES ARE OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR TOWN OF RIVES. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING FROM A LEVEE FAILURE.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION FOR AREAS NEAR THE
LEVEE BREAK.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIVES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
IF YOU ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3635 8905 3635 8906 3637 8906 3636 8904
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
LEVEE FAILURE...OCCURRING
SCHLESSIGER
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