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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Memphis TN

254 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



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Crittenden AR-Lee AR-Phillips AR-Benton MS-Coahoma MS-DeSoto MS-

Lafayette MS-Marshall MS-Panola MS-Quitman MS-Tate MS-Tunica MS-

Fayette TN-Hardeman TN-Shelby TN-

254 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT THIS MORNING...



* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.



* WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, including the following 

  counties, Crittenden, Lee and Phillips, North Mississippi, 

  including the following counties, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, 

  Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and Tunica, and West 

  Tennessee, including the following counties, Fayette, Hardeman and 

  Shelby.



* WHEN...Until 845 AM CDT.



* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 

  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Low-water 

  crossings are inundated with water and may not be passable. It 

  will take several hours for all the water from these storms to 

  work through local drainage systems in urban areas.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 254 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to

    thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin

    shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain

    have fallen.

  - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is

    expected.

  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...

    Southaven, Collierville, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Clarksdale,

    Hernando, Senatobia, Holly Springs, Elaine, John W Kyle State

    Park, Wall Doxey State Park, Helena-West Helena, Memphis,

    Lamar, Marks, Sardis, Coldwater, Byhalia, Jonestown and Como.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3454 9055 3487 9047 3483 9032 3498 9029

      3501 9022 3503 8905 3465 8917 3410 9063

      3409 9066 3412 9066 3412 9089 3416 9080

      3425 9093





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