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WGUS54 KJAN 281540

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MSC021-049-121-149-281745-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1038 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  BRANDON...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS THE WARNING  

  AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA UNTIL EARLY         

  AFTERNOON RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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

  BOVINA...EDWARDS AND BOLTON



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 3222 9097 3239 9081 3243 9054 3237 8975

      3221 8995 3209 9008 3208 9103

TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 180DEG 0KT 3231 9026



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