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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

251 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

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

  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THORNTON...DURANT...

  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...

  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE A BAND OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



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

  TEOC...LEXINGTON...VAUGHAN...WAY...MALMAISON...FRANKLIN...COILA...

  PICKENS...MCMILLAN...EMORY...NORTH CARROLLTON...BOWLING GREEN...

  GOODMAN...JEFFERSON...VAIDEN AND DUCK HILL



AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE ALREADY SEEN BETWEEN 3 TO 10 

INCHES OF RAIN LEADING TO VERY SATURATED GROUNDS. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA AND COULD 

EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SERIOUS FLOODING OF STREAMS...BAYOUS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS. 



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 3364 8961 3292 8991 3289 8996 3289 8993

      3208 9025 3171 9073 3226 9069 3252 9055

      3337 9024 3335 9017 3342 9017 3347 9009

      3363 9011



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