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WGUS54 KJAN 272354

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MSC075-280145-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

650 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...

  MERIDIAN...



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAUDERDALE COUNTY.         

  ACCORDING TO RADAR...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS         

  OCCURRED BETWEEN MARION AND THE MERIDIAN NAVAL AIR STATION SINCE 6 

  PM.



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

  DALEVILLE AND TOOMSUBA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3233 8848 3224 8881 3258 8891 3258 8840

TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 228DEG 56KT 3242 8861



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