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WGUS54 KJAN 251342

FFWJAN

MSC049-089-163-251645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

838 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 838 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES WERE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. HOWEVER RADAR 

ESTIMATES FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS WERE NEAR 5 INCHES. THE GROUNDS ARE 

BECOMING SATURATED...SO ADDITIONAL RUN OFF CAN BE EXPECTED. WATER 

WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT ON MANY ROADWAYS...MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. 

ALSO POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BECOME FLOODED. PERSONS 

IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAUGHN...

  UTICA...RAYMOND...FLORA AND BOLTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



AND REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3294 9018 3233 9069 3208 9069 3205 9047

      3287 8995



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