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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1042 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ITTA BENA...

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD...VICKSBURG...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE INDIANOLA TO        

  VICKSBURG TO JUST EAST OF NATCHEZ MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SUNNYSIDE...MONEY...QUITO...SWIFTOWN...BLAINE...MIDNIGHT...HOLLY

  BLUFF...OAK RIDGE...BOVINA...LE TOURNEAU...YOKENA...PATTISON...RED

  LICK...LORMAN...MCNAIR...STAMPLEY...HAMBURG...KIRBY...SUNFLOWER...

  PORT GIBSON...ISOLA...INVERNESS AND FAYETTE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA BY MIDNIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3372 9016 3213 9081 3139 9097 3138 9140

      3203 9107 3209 9115 3215 9100 3214 9112

      3222 9110 3237 9088 3238 9088 3235 9091

      3239 9101 3258 9097 3244 9096 3264 9069

      3268 9094 3311 9068 3374 9066



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