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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

209 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHAW...CLEVELAND...

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...

  DREW...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...GREENVILLE...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMOT...HAMBURG...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

  LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL        

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

  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AS    

  THE BAND DRIFTS SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHICOT

  JUNCTION...SUNNYSIDE...HOLLY RIDGE...BLAINE...WINTERVILLE...

  TRIBBETT...WAYSIDE...DARLOVE...ESTILL...PORTLAND...PARKDALE...

  SUNFLOWER...METCALFE AND INVERNESS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3387 9049 3356 9010 3328 9068 3328 9072

      3325 9073 3306 9112 3301 9144 3302 9167

      3323 9185

TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 331DEG 0KT 3375 9053 3320 9170



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