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WGUS54 KJAN 151609

FFWJAN

MSC023-061-075-101-151715-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1109 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 1215 PM CDT



* AT 1109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUITMAN...MOVING NORTH    

  AT 49 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVED OCCURRED IN THE 

  WARNED SINCE 10 AM.



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

  ROBERTS...GARLANDVILLE...STONEWALL...SYKES...MIDDLETON...

  LAWRENCE...SABLE...SNELL...SAVOY...MEEHAN...INCREASE...ZERO...

  CONEHATTA...DECATUR...NELLIEBURG...STRATTON...SUQUALENA...

  ALAMUCHA...DUFFEE...MARION...LITTLE ROCK...COLLINSVILLE...

  TOOMSUBA...KEWANEE...MARTIN AND DALEVILLE



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 3256 8930 3257 8841 3222 8846 3222 8844

      3189 8847 3184 8868 3183 8902 3181 8904

      3182 8926 3180 8931

TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 197DEG 42KT 3209 8879



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