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WGUS54 KJAN 081304

FFWJAN

MSC089-081500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

802 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 802 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-55 EXIT  

  124 HWY 16 AND AREAS ALONG THE BIG BLACK RIVER BETWEEN FLORA AND   

  CANTON.



OVER THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF...RADAR HAS INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN MADISON COUNTY FROM SLOW 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1000 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3251 9033 3254 9014 3274 9001 3263 9030



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