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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Memphis TN

903 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



MSC009-027-071-093-107-119-135-145-161-062300-

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Benton MS-Coahoma MS-Lafayette MS-Marshall MS-Panola MS-Quitman

MS-Tallahatchie MS-Union MS-Yalobusha MS-

903 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...



* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.



* WHERE...A portion of North Mississippi, including the following 

  counties, Benton, Coahoma, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, 

  Tallahatchie, Union and Yalobusha.



* WHEN...Until 600 PM CDT Sunday.



* 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 903 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...

    Oxford, Clarksdale, Batesville, Charleston, Holly Springs

    National Forest, Tutwiler, Marks, Lambert, Crowder, Webb,

    Sumner, Pope, Enid, Paynes, Vance, Burgess, Dublin,

    Cambridge, Bethlehem and Hickory Flat.

  - 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 3399 9066 3412 9066 3465 8918 3442 8922

      3416 8991 3382 8993 3381 9014 3372 9014

      3374 9024 3370 9027 3370 9030 3372 9031

      3375 9030 3377 9018 3378 9017 3379 9017

      3381 9018 3381 9045 3399 9045





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