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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
344 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 344 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LEE AND NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3431 8883 3426 8883 3417 8883 3425 8922
3437 8919 3436 8882
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AC3
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