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WGUS54 KJAN 021543

FFWJAN

MSC007-051-079-089-021745-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1043 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURANT...

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1036 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 BOWLING

  GREEN...HESTERVILLE...POSSUMNECK...NEWPORT...MCADAMS...MCMILLAN...

  RENFROE...SINGLETON...THOMASTOWN AND GOODMAN



A VERY HEAVY BAND OF RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF LEAKE...NORTHEAST 

MADISON...WESTERN ATTALA AND NORTHEAST HOLMES COUNTIES. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS BAND OF 

RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 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 3258 8932 3258 8972 3264 8973 3263 8975

      3319 9009 3325 8983 3323 8975 3328 8970

      3329 8962



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