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WGUS54 KJAN 021632

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MSC035-073-021830-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1132 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 130 PM CDT



* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE...MCLAURIN...ROCK HILL AND

  PURVIS



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 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 130 PM.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3101 8933 3102 8951 3144 8950 3143 8913

      3092 8914 3092 8933



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