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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

746 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THORNTON...

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TCHULA...OR 10 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF THORNTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 12 MPH.



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

  HOWARD AND TOLARVILLE



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 AM BETWEEN 

SILVER CITY AND THORTON WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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. 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 3300 9023 3309 9054 3323 9038 3333 9028

      3330 9010



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