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MSC061-067-101-021730-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1030 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...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROSPECT...NEWTON...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

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



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 1027 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 LAWRENCE...

  ROBERTS...STRATTON...LITTLE ROCK...DUFFEE...GARLANDVILLE...ROSE

  HILL...TURNERVILLE...ORANGE...PAULDING...STAFFORD SPRINGS...MOSS...

  MILL CREEK...SANDERSVILLE...HEIDELBERG...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND

  BAY SPRINGS



A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH OVER MUCH OF JONES...JASPER

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

OCCURRING WITH THIS BAND OF RAIN. 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3179 8939 3181 8931 3258 8932 3258 8891

      3144 8892 3144 8939



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