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WGUS54 KJAN 222349

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MSC049-089-121-230145-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

648 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PEARL...FLOWOOD...



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE JACKSON TO 

MADISON TO RESERVOIR AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED.



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

  GLUCKSTADT AND ANNANDALE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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 3265 9022 3263 8991 3232 8989 3225 9019

TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 165DEG 3KT 3247 9005



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