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WGUS54 KJAN 021329

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MSC031-061-067-021530-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

829 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 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...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 826 AM 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

  TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...MOSS...TUCKERS CROSSING...SANDERSVILLE...

  HEIDELBERG AND BAY SPRINGS



A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOURS 

WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3144 8958 3178 8961 3181 8932 3222 8932

      3207 8895 3145 8897



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