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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

400 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO DETECT VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL 

MOVE TO THE NORTH OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  HOPEWELL...GALLMAN...MARTINSVILLE...GLANCY...ALLEN...BARLOW...

  DENTVILLE...CARPENTER...CASEYVILLE...OMA...WANILLA...SONTAG AND

  WESSON



FRANKLIN COUNTY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED OVER 8 

INCHES OF RAIN IN BUDE WITH FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING. THIS IS A 

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RADAR ESTIMATES OF GREATER THAN 8 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY OVER EASTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN 

CLAIBORNE COUNTIES AS WELL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 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 3136 9093 3163 9073 3205 9071 3206 9011

      3136 9009



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