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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
644 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
MSC081-115-210400-
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LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-
644 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 642 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING NEAR COUNTY ROAD 244 AND
HIGHWAY 15. BETWEEN 8 AND 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE
PAST 3 HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN LEE AND NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTIES.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3417 8883 3425 8922 3437 8919 3436 8882
3431 8883
CJC
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