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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1234 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1227 PM CDT...FRANKLIN COUNTY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN BUDE WITH FLASH FLOODING 

OCCURRING. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GALLMAN...

  MARTINSVILLE...GLANCY...ALLEN...BARLOW...DENTVILLE...PLEASANT

  HILL...HERMANVILLE...PEYTON...PATTISON...MCBRIDE...BLUE HILL AND

  WESSON



A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH OCASSIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONINUTE OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

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



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3203 9096 3203 9032 3137 9033 3136 9097



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