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WGUS54 KJAN 270110

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MSC091-270315-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

809 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 809 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MORGANTOWN...GOSS AND BUNKER HILL



HEAVY RAIN...NEARLY 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS 

PORTION OF CENTRAL MARION COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE VERY 

SLOWLY AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 

2 INCHES.



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.



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 3136 8998 3141 8974 3116 8968 3116 8996

TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 3126 8982



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