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WGUS54 KJAN 151501

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MSC035-073-091-151700-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

958 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KOKOMO...SANDY HOOK...COLUMBIA...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PURVIS...

  OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING            

  NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS OCCURED 

  SINCE 7 AM.



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

  BROOKLYN...SUMRALL...MCLAURIN...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE AND

  MACEDONIA



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.



LAT...LON 3094 8935 3100 8935 3097 8945 3101 8950

      3100 8982 3109 8984 3109 8991 3120 9003

      3140 9003 3139 8983 3145 8980 3144 8945

      3141 8943 3143 8914 3090 8914

TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 223DEG 42KT 3124 8946



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