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WGUS54 KJAN 021830

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MSC035-073-022230-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

130 PM 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 530 PM CDT



* AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...RAWLS SPRINGS...SUNRISE AND SUMRALL



AREAS OF NORTH FOREST COUNTY ARE STILL UNDER WATER FROM EARLIER 

RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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.



LAT...LON 3100 8934 3101 8935 3101 8951 3102 8951

      3102 8954 3101 8955 3102 8965 3143 8965

      3144 8913 3102 8914 3099 8913



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