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WGUS54 KJAN 151529

FFWJAN

MSC079-123-129-151700-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1028 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 1028 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  PULASKI...FORKVILLE...LUDLOW...HILLSBORO...STEELE...PINEVILLE...

  BURNS AND RALEIGH



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3181 8965 3220 8967 3259 8974 3259 8933

      3183 8935

TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 180DEG 0KT 3190 8947



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