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WGUS54 KJAN 270306

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MSC091-270415-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1002 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 1002 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO        

  REPORT FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MORGANTOWN...GOSS AND BUNKER HILL



FLASH FLOODING FROM AN EARLIER THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES ACROSS 

CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MARION COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE 

CITY OF COLUMBIA. MANY STREETS REMAIN UNDER WATER ALONG WITH NEARLY 

30 BUSINESSES FLOODED.



THE RAINFALL IS OVER...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO 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. THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AROUND 11 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3136 8998 3141 8974 3116 8968 3116 8996

TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 180DEG 0KT 3126 8982



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