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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1217 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
TONIGHT SPREADING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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PHILLIPS-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-
PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-
ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...
BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...
TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN
1217 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING 
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST ARKANSAS...PHILLIPS. IN NORTH 
 MISSISSIPPI...ALCORN...BENTON...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...
 COAHOMA...ITAWAMBA...LAFAYETTE...LEE...MARSHALL...MONROE...
 PANOLA...PONTOTOC...PRENTISS...QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE...TATE...
 TIPPAH...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...UNION AND YALOBUSHA.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS 
 THE WATCH AREA. 

* THESE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS FALLING IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME 
 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO QUICK WATER RISES AND FLASH FLOODING ALONG 
 STREAMS...CREEKS...AND SMALL RIVER TRIBUTARIES. LOW WATER 
 CROSSINGS WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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