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WGUS54 KJAN 121637

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MSC021-063-121930-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1137 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA.



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

  ROCKY SPRINGS...HERMANVILLE...PATTISON...ALCORN AND PORT GIBSON



THE CURRENT CLUSTER OF STORMS IS PRODUCING 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 

RATES AND ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AND 

WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3186 9131 3182 9125 3187 9126 3199 9116

      3203 9107 3208 9115 3206 9105 3210 9100

      3209 9092 3213 9091 3216 9078 3219 9078

      3222 9073 3162 9074 3162 9115 3165 9126

      3176 9133 3175 9128 3177 9126 3177 9137



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