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WGUS74 KMEG 202236
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
536 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
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LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-
536 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WESTERN LEE AND NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM CDT, BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 244 AND HIGHWAY 15. BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED.
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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3431 8883 3426 8883 3417 8883 3425 8922
3437 8919 3436 8882
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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