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WGUS54 KJAN 232245

FFWJAN

MSC031-067-240015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

545 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER THE       

  EASTERN HALF OF COVINGTON AND WESTERN JONES COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF  

  2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM HAS BEEN COMMON IN THE 

  AREA FROM COLLINS TO JUST SOUTH OF LAUREL TO NEAR MYRICK. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

  AREA BETWEEN LAUREL AND COLLINS.



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...AREAS ALONG BIG      

  CREEK AND OAKEY WOODS CREEK.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3154 8959 3155 8894 3180 8895 3178 8958



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