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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1203 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS           

  DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG 30 MILE WIDE BAND 

  EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF CANTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   

  CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2       

  INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. 



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

  RAYMOND...WAY...VAUGHAN...POCAHONTAS...UTICA...BOLTON...FLORA...

  FANNIN AND BROWNSVILLE



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3287 8974 3252 8981 3207 9032 3207 9072

      3288 9017



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