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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

914 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...

  MERIDIAN...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROSPECT...NEWTON...



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 914 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DECATUR TO BAY SPRINGS...  

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. 



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

  SYKES...MEEHAN...SABLE...SAVOY...MIDDLETON...LITTLE ROCK...

  DUFFEE...NELLIEBURG...ZERO...SUQUALENA...SNELL...INCREASE...

  COLLINSVILLE...MARTIN...MARION...ALAMUCHA...TOOMSUBA...DALEVILLE

  AND KEWANEE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS ESTIMATING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 6 AM. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 



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.



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.



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 3181 8933 3258 8931 3256 8838 3188 8850

TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 222DEG 25KT 3241 8903



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