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WGUS54 KJAN 150930

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MSC051-163-151230-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

428 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THORNTON...DURANT...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  HOWARD...TOLARVILLE...BROZVILLE...FRANKLIN...BOWLING GREEN...

  MCMILLAN...TCHULA AND LEXINGTON



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

IS FALLING PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3265 9067 3287 9070 3292 9063 3293 9044

      3301 9042 3302 9037 3308 9041 3312 9033

      3328 9031 3317 8981 3299 8988 3272 9010

      3262 9045

TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 180DEG 0KT 3299 9017



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