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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1040 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS           

  DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING  

  FROM BAY SPRINGS TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTH AT  

  20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM OVER

THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MONTROSE AND ROSE HILL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3223 8932 3223 8904 3173 8904 3173 8932



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