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WGUS54 KJAN 102306

FFWJAN

MSC023-061-075-101-123-129-110100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

554 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MORTON...FOREST

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

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

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A WEST TO EAST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL

  TRAINING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  LAKE...UNION...NELLIEBURG...MARION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND

  COLLINSVILLE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS INDICATES THAT WATER IS 

COVERING SOME ROADS IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

FROM BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



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. 



AND REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3205 8965 3207 8971 3237 8971 3259 8978

      3263 8973 3257 8971 3257 8840 3188 8848

      3183 8882 3179 8965



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