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WGUS54 KJAN 021331

FFWJAN

MSC035-073-021630-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

831 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 826 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...MCLAURIN...

  SUMRALL AND PURVIS



A VERY HEAVY BAND OF RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF FORREST AND LAMAR 

COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING 

WITH THIS BAND OF RAIN. PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAS SEEN 3 TO 5 

INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 AM.



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.



LAT...LON 3101 8933 3101 8935 3102 8942 3099 8944

      3101 8947 3101 8950 3103 8951 3103 8955

      3101 8955 3101 8965 3144 8965 3143 8913

      3092 8914 3092 8933



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