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WGUS54 KJAN 292013

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MSC035-073-292215-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

313 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA AND RAWLS SPRINGS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3125 8947 3144 8949 3144 8930 3144 8929

      3143 8914 3143 8913 3125 8914



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