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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

729 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...HOLLANDALE...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

  NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 729 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6   

  MILES NORTHEAST OF CHICOT JUNCTION TO GLEN ALLEN TO NITTA           

  YUMA...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT AREAS NEAR...  

  PANTHER BURN...

  AVON...

  DELTA CITY...

  WAYSIDE...

  HOLLANDALE...

  ESTILL...



SINCE 530 AM...THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS 

AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

THROUGH 930 AM.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3322 9140 3294 9083 3312 9068 3344 9117



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