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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

407 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WERE NEARLY STATIONARY 

ACROSS SOUTHEAST LAMAR AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY. 



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

  ROCK HILL...BROOKLYN AND PURVIS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH 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 3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3099 8946

      3102 8952 3110 8951 3123 8934 3134 8913

      3102 8914 3100 8913 3092 8913 3091 8914

      3091 8933



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