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WGUS54 KJAN 032128

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MSC015-051-053-083-133-032330-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

428 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD...

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA AND THIS WOULD 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 3347 9009 3347 9013 3342 9013 3342 9017

      3334 9017 3333 9013 3323 9016 3314 9065

      3344 9071 3360 9009



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