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WGUS54 KJAN 101900

FFWJAN

MSC075-102045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

151 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERIDIAN STATION...MERIDIAN



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDESTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SLOWLY TO

  TO THE EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OKATIBEE

  LAKE AND COLLINSVILLE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES WERE REPORTED WITH 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  

RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER AREAS WHERE THE SOILS ARE SATURATED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3257 8891 3256 8879 3258 8877 3257 8840

      3253 8840 3252 8841 3223 8844 3223 8891



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