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WGUS54 KJAN 230444

FFWJAN

MSC069-230645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1142 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCOOBA AND 

  RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY.



THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA ARE PRODUCING NEARLY 2 

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO 

REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR 

SO AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3264 8891 3266 8839 3292 8835 3293 8890



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