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WGUS54 KJAN 160141

FFWJAN

MSC049-160345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

838 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN JACKSON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH      

  JACKSON 



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 838 PM 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 SOUTH      

  JACKSON AND WEST JACKSON.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF SOUTH JACKSON SINCE 8 PM. THIS STORM IS ALMOST 

STATIONARY AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

1045 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3221 9033 3218 9022 3222 9020 3239 9013

      3241 9028



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