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WGUS54 KJAN 121228

FFWJAN

MSC151-121530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

723 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLANDALE...GREENVILLE



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 721 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON 

COUNTY WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING NEAR 4 INCHES. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN ARCOLA AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 

BRIDGE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 

AND MOVING EAST RIGHT INTO THE AREAS THAT HAVE AND ARE RECEIVING THE 

HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

THE COUNTY AND AREAS NEAR THE RIVER AND ALONG HIGHWAY 1.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3303 9114 3304 9093 3312 9090 3317 9083

      3337 9082 3342 9105 3337 9112 3326 9111

      3329 9105 3321 9108



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