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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

348 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RICHLAND...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF REDWOOD...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 340 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 PHOENIX...

  OAK RIDGE...POCAHONTAS AND FLORA



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON OVER CLAIBORNE AND COPIAH COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH. 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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3266 9087 3265 9066 3266 9032 3241 9018

      3227 9011 3207 9011 3206 9079



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