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MSC031-065-067-022230-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

136 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...

  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 131 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 LONE STAR

  AND MOUNT OLIVE



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AREAS OF EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

TO 4 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 3177 8977 3180 8940 3143 8939 3145 8973



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