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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

150 AM CDT THU SEP 4 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...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A BAND OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALLEN TO 14 MILES 

  SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   FROM 14 

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST TO 23 MILES WEST OF MCCOMB...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MCCALL CREEK...GLANCY...LOYD STAR...VAUGHN...GALLMAN...CENTER

  POINT...WEST LINCOLN...MARTINSVILLE...BOGUE CHITTO...RUTH...

  ENTERPRISE...WESSON...EAST LINCOLN...HOPEWELL AND ROCKPORT



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO AS MUCH AS 14 

INCHES IN SOME AREAS AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE CONDITIONS 

ACROSS THE AREA AND COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SERIOUS FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND BAYOUS.



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.



LAT...LON 3138 9074 3171 9073 3205 9028 3205 9023

      3200 9022 3194 9016 3191 9016 3189 9013

      3185 9013 3185 9015 3180 9014 3179 9011

      3177 9011 3175 9013 3172 9025 3137 9026



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