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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1118 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EDINBURG...

  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1113 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 BURNSIDE...

  FORESTDALE AND PEARL RIVER



A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS NESHOBA COUNTY. 

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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3293 8945 3291 8893 3259 8892 3258 8932



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