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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

519 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHAW...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED            

  AREA...WHERE THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE  

  STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY    

  RAIN.



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND TWO 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 3367 9103 3372 9089 3363 9076 3341 9077

      3342 9093

TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 180DEG 0KT 3353 9078



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