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WGUS54 KJAN 151547

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MSC067-151745-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1046 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1046 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUCKERS CROSSING...OR     

  ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.    

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURED SINCE 10 AM.



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

  CREEK...MOSS AND SANDERSVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3180 8940 3180 8928 3182 8926 3181 8904

      3183 8902 3183 8894 3170 8892 3145 8894

      3144 8938

TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 203DEG 28KT 3163 8902



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