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WGUS54 KJAN 302105

FFWJAN

MSC075-302300-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

403 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  MERIDIAN...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 403 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREETS WERE 

FLOODED IN THE MERIDIAN AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR 2 INCHES AN 

HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST 

ACROSS THE AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARTIN...

  SUQUALENA...MEEHAN...KEWANEE...TOOMSUBA...ALAMUCHA...NELLIEBURG...

  MARION AND COLLINSVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3255 8888 3255 8843 3223 8845 3224 8888

TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 180DEG 0KT 3232 8870



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