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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1257 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MARTINSVILLE...ROCKPORT...HOPEWELL...GALLMAN...GLANCY...BARLOW...

  DENTVILLE AND CARPENTER



A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER MOST OF 

COPIAH AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES 

AROUND 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THROUGH 4 

PM...3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3156 9062 3162 9063 3162 9073 3205 9071

      3205 9023 3200 9022 3194 9016 3191 9016

      3189 9013 3185 9013 3185 9015 3180 9014

      3178 9011 3171 9026 3153 9025



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