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WGUS54 KJAN 040258

FFWJAN

MSC121-123-129-040600-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

856 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...     

  NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 856 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  IMMENENT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS FROM APPROACHING   

  THUNDERSTORMS.



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

  HOMEWOOD...PULASKI...FORKVILLE...BRANCH...LUDLOW...HILLSBORO...

  PISGAH AND PELAHATCHIE



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

WARNED AREA. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ON TOP OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.



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 3244 8992 3258 8980 3258 8943 3224 8948

      3207 8974 3206 8999 3206 9002

TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 180DEG 0KT 3214 8961



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