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WGUS54 KJAN 030403

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MSC011-030700-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1058 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 200 AM CDT



* AT 1058 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  A CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING RISK FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE   

  TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO BOLIVAR COUNTY. THE TRAINING OF STORM INTO 

  THESE AREAS WILL PERSIST FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS...BUT       

  PERSISTENT RAINFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED  

  AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 3 TO 5 INCHES WHICH HAS FALLEN 

SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING.



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 9079 3355 9123

      3363 9117 3370 9124 3380 9112 3379 9101

      3385 9106 3393 9101 3398 9107 3397 9099

      3409 9088 3410 9089 3411 9092 3412 9095

      3413 9066

TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 229DEG 15KT 3424 9048 3414 9024



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