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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

436 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KOKOMO...SANDY HOOK...COLUMBIA...



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF MARION COUNTY  

THAT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MORGANTOWN...HOLLY SPRINGS...GOSS...BUNKER HILL AND IMPROVE



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME  

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3102 8985 3107 8984 3107 8991 3113 8994

      3113 8997 3119 9003 3138 9003 3140 8993

      3139 8982 3141 8982 3143 8966 3102 8966

      3101 8983



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