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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1127 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA HAVE SEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 215 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3203 8965 3206 8966 3206 8972 3238 8973

      3259 8978 3261 8974 3263 8973 3258 8973

      3258 8932 3181 8933 3179 8965



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