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WGUS54 KJAN 281359

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MSC163-281800-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

858 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 846 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENTON...  

  MYRLEVILLE...TINSLEY...MIDWAY AND YAZOO CITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OVER THE AREA WAS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS...SO ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS EXPECTED. SEVERAL HOMES AND 

BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED.



MUCH OF DOWNTOWN YAZOO CITY WAS FLOODED. THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE 

ALSO COVERED WITH WATER: MAIN...CALHOUN...JACKSON...WASHINGTON... 

MOUND AND CANAL. MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO AVOID THESE AREAS. 



EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WERE ASKING ANYONE SEEKING SHELTER TO GO THE 

COMMUNITY CENTER ON LAMAR STREET.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES OFF 

THE ROAD. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 3274 9068 3285 9062 3296 9032 3284 9002

      3256 9051

TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 180DEG 0KT 3271 9039



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