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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

757 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...SHAW...ROSEDALE...

  CLEVELAND...



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE MOVING INTO BOLIVAR 

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH.



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

  BOYLE...RENOVA...GUNNISON...MOUND BAYOU AND DEESON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. AREAS IN BOLIVAR HAVE ALREADY HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES. 



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.



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 3362 9067 3361 9076 3354 9078 3355 9124

      3356 9125 3361 9116 3370 9124 3380 9112

      3379 9101 3385 9106 3393 9101 3399 9108

      3396 9099 3409 9088 3410 9089 3412 9095

      3413 9094 3413 9066

TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 229DEG 15KT 3375 9117 3365 9093



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