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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

208 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...

  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM THAT WILL MOVE 

TO THE NORTH OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  FORKVILLE...BRANCH...LUDLOW...HILLSBORO AND STEELE



RADAR ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS 

MORNING OVER SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR COULD RESULT IN 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA 

DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3203 8965 3206 8966 3206 8972 3238 8973

      3259 8978 3261 8974 3263 8973 3258 8973

      3258 8932 3181 8933 3179 8965



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