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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1221 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 230 PM CDT



* AT 1213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 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...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND

  BAY SPRINGS



RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA THIS 

MORNING AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES 

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH...POSSIBLY RESULTING 

IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.



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.



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 3179 8939 3181 8931 3258 8932 3258 8891

      3144 8892 3144 8939



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