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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

708 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBY...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 708 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS       

  NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY. ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE     

  RADAR...UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. 



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



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 3383 9066 3395 9100 3397 9097 3400 9099

      3402 9098 3404 9095 3404 9089 3405 9088

      3409 9088 3410 9092 3413 9094 3413 9066



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