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WGUS54 KJAN 242309

FFWJAN

MSC029-037-063-085-250215-

/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0049.080624T2308Z-080625T0215Z/

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

608 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  CHURCH...BLUE HILL...RED LICK...MCNAIR AND FAYETTE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3182 9124 3179 9088 3170 9069 3156 9065

      3151 9096

TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 180DEG 0KT 3159 9081



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