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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

201 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...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      

  CAMERON TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY ALONG THE    

  BIG BLACK RIVER BETWEEN MADISON AND YAZOO COUNTIES WHERE OVER 3    

  INCHES HAS LIKELY ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3286 8973 3235 9016 3212 9027 3212 9071

      3242 9060 3288 9014



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