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WGUS54 KJAN 222253

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MSC015-051-053-083-230045-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

550 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI...

  SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD...



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

  CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3   

  INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS   

  OVER EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY. 



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY CAUSE     

  FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE YAZOO RIVER...AND          

  STREAMS AND BAYOUS THAT RUN INTO THE RIVER.



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.



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 3335 8997 3311 9048 3320 9051 3329 9046

      3354 9046 3358 9009

TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 180DEG 0KT 3341 9028



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